Stormwater Solutions Team
OEC is convening a group of stakeholders and experts to develop a plan for reducing urban runoff in Oregon.
In urban areas, rainwater and snowmelt flows rapidly off pavement and buildings and is piped into rivers or groundwater, rather than seeping into the soil or being absorbed by plants as it would in undeveloped areas. Urban runoff can change stream flows, increase flooding, erode stream banks and channels, and destroy fish habitat. It also carries pollutants such as eroded soil, oil, metals, bacteria, pesticides and fertilizers. Because the sources of stormwater pollution are found throughout the landscape, we all must be a part of the solution: residents, businesses, and governments alike.
The Stormwater Solutions Team will develop a focused list of recommended strategies (policies, projects, and programs) that will reduce stormwater impacts in Oregon’s urban areas.
Members of the team include:
Jenine Camilleri, DEQ
Stormwater Coordinator
Karen DeBaker, Clean Water
Services
Linda Dobson, Portland Sustainable
Stormwater Program Manager
Steve Fancher, City of Gresham & Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies
Ollie Fick, City of Bend
William Fletcher, Oregon
Department of Transportation
Maynard Flohaug, Rogue Valley
Sewer Services
Derek Godwin, OSU Extension
Randy Hansell, Earth Advantage
Dan Hoyt, Costa Pacific Communities
Brett Hulstrom, City of Portland & the Pollution
Prevention Outreach Team
Teresa Huntsinger, Oregon Environmental Council
Jim McCauley, Homebuilders
Association of Metropolitan Portland
Calvin Noling, StormwateRx
James Santana, Pringle Creek
Community
Gail Shaloum, Metro
Tammie Stark, Eugene Rainwater
Brian Wegener, Tualatin
Riverkeepers
Our facilitator is Robin Harkless of DS Consulting.
We expect to complete a report on the Stormwater Solutions Team's recommendations and begin implementing them in the Fall of 2007.
