Who is responsible for storm sewers and where do they go?
Storm sewers are part of a municipality s collection system.. Storm sewers are the responsibility of the municipality. The materials put into storm sewers go directly to the nearest receiving stream. It is too expensive to treat large volumes of water at the wastewater treatment facility that may be largely rain water. However, there are still contaminants entering the environment through these systems.
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