​​​​​​​​💧💧Lake Champlain Sea Grant Research webinar on Wednesday Sept. 24 - Regionalizing MS4 Compliance: Opportunities and Challenges for Vermont Communities

[Aude Lochet]

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*Lake Champlain Sea Grant Research Webinar*

Join us for our first fall research webinar of 2025!

*Regionalizing MS4 Compliance: Opportunities and Challenges for Vermont
Communities*

*Date/Time: *Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

*Location:* Zoom (registration required). *REGISTER HERE
<https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NmJUGcxLRu6RzLEFdYYGng#/registration>*

*Speaker:* Andrew Brown, Stormwater Regional Utility Research fellow, Lake
Champlain Sea Grant.

*Description: *Through a year-long fellowship supported by six Vermont
municipalities and the Lake Champlain Sea Grant, the Stormwater Regional
Utility Research Fellowship examined whether regional collaboration among
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) communities could improve
efficiency and reduce costs. The MS4 program requires municipalities to
take action to reduce pollution from stormwater runoff—rain and snowmelt
that flow across roads, parking lots, and other hard surfaces, picking up
oil, fertilizers, salt, and debris before entering rivers and lakes.
Meeting these requirements is essential for protecting local waterways, but
it can also be complex and costly for individual towns to manage on their
own. Over the course of the fellowship, Brown examined the full range of
MS4 compliance activities, collected and analyzed cost data, reviewed
governance options, and gathered input from municipal staff and partners.
The work provides insights into how towns can collaborate to meet
stormwater obligations more effectively. By looking at both financial and
organizational opportunities, the fellowship points toward practical
strategies for protecting our shared natural resources in ways that are
sustainable and cost-effective.

Hope to see you there!

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*Aude Lochet, PhD*
(She/Her/Hers)
Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Lake Champlain Research Institute
Water Resources Outreach/Extension Specialist
Adjunct Instructor
SUNY Plattsburgh
Mail box: Hudson Hall 136
Office: Hudson Hall 123
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(o) 518-564-2056
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