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Overhead Sewer Program
The Overhead Sewer Program was established to provide financial assistance to homeowners who desire to protect their home from flooding during a heavy rain event.
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Residential Stormwater Management Incentives
The City supports residents to proactively manage stormwater on their private property by incorporating sustainable stormwater management practices that reduce the stormwater run off to adjacent properties and the storm sewer.
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Storm Sewer Extension Program
This program was designed to address issues of public safety or that present an immediate flooding concern for a homeowner or neighbor’s structure.
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Flood Prone Property Buyout Program
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Check Valve Reimbursement Program
Check Valve Reimbursement Program
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NPDES Water Quality Permit/Program
NPDES Water Quality Permit/Program
NPDES Water Quality Permit/Program
The City’s goal is to protect water quality by reducing the amount of pollution that runs off lawns, parking lots and streets. Urban areas, including Elmhurst, that collect stormwater runoff in municipal storm sewers and discharge it into creeks and rivers are required to have a permit under the federal Clean Water Act.”