The City of Kechi is “behind the times” with its stormwater system, and a new fee may be in the cards for residents and businesses.
The city council on Jan. 24 heard from assistant public works director Thomas Bevan about a recent report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
KDHE recently visited the city to inspect its stormwater practices. This was likely brought about due to the city’s recent growth and development.
“It kind of opened our eyes to what we’ve been doing,” said Bevan. “I guess we’re kind of behind the times down here, so we got some suggestions on some things we can do to improve. They said the EPA isn’t going to be as nice as KDHE if they have to come down here.”
One suggestion was to develop a map of the city’s stormwater system and its retention ponds. KDHE suggested investing in barriers for storm drains to keep out unwanted materials.
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