The RCS and two partner groups have published a report detailing recommendations to the City of Charlottesville for reducing polluted stormwater runoff from new development. Stormwater runoff is a leading cause of poor water quality in the stretch of the Rivanna River that flows past Charlottesville, as well as a number of its tributaries.
The report was produced by the Rivanna Conservation Society, the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic at the University of Virginia Law School.
Our recommendations are the culmination of an extensive analysis by our groups of the city’s development ordinances and policies. Based on our findings, we propose an important package of straightforward and short-term improvements the city should undertake to reduce runoff from new development.
The Charlottesville Citizens Committee on Environmental Sustainability has endorsed our recommendations, and we are now encouraging City Council to adopt and implement them as soon as possible. We and our partners are also working on a similar report for Albemarle County.
Full report available soon at www.rivannariver.org.
