The storm water problem has never been more evident to me than it was today during the coal communities disaster video. There is a concerted fairly new effort to abate and retain storm water for infiltration and treatment. The addition of large amounts of impervious surface and the removal and vegetation and humic soils that aid in absorption has literally put thousands of people behind the 8-ball.
The movement in our cities to control storm water is well documented, but I would like to see more effort placed on forestry and steep slope agricultural practices to retain control storm water creation and treatment. In North Carolina timber operations an there policies strictly relate to surface water and do not adequately address storm water volume or quality considerations. We should not be quick to jump to a set of comprehensive regulations that would just result in the establishment of lots of impoundments that are poorly maintained and lack adequate design.