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The Plan is expected to be complete in late summer of 2022.

A request for proposals was issued and Wood Environment and Infrastructure, Inc. The study outcome is a comprehensive look at the current and future stormwater management operations and challenges for Abington Township. This work also helps address stormwater challenges from the requirements of Pennsylvania water quality regulations such as compliance with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PADEP) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit (renewed in March 2018) and the Wissahickon Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) from the unfunded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) protocol.ĭue to increasingly more stringent PADEP requirements under the MS4 program, the Township leadership in early 2019 identified the need to review current stormwater system management practices, challenges, regulatory pressures, drainage system performance, and flood impacts from hurricanes as well as more routine storm events. These projects, coupled with the day-to-day stormwater infrastructure operations and maintenance activities performed by Public Works and Construction Services crews, and participation in the Wissahickon Clean Water Partnership, exemplify the Township’s continuing commitment to water resource management.

The Township converted these areas into parkland to be enjoyed by residents and has issued bonds for $3M to $4M every few years to protect property, infrastructure, and the environment from flood waters and threats to water quality. In 2003, the Township purchased dozens of homes in the floodplain by successfully matching $7M of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds using $1M of Township funds.

Abington Township has a successful track record of addressing flood-related stormwater issues by making investments in floodplain restoration and stormwater control projects.

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