- MS
NEMO educational programs have assisted towns and counties throughout
Mississippi to assess the cumulative impact of
new development on storm drainage systems and to determine what
on-site stormwater BMPs to require.
- Working
with the MS NEMO Program, which is coordinated by the state
Department of Environmental Quality, Hancock County passed
a stream buffer ordinance that prohibits any
construction or clearing 25 feet from the top of the bank of
any stream. Prior to the ordinance’s adoption, new developments
cleared the land all the way to the stream.
- The
MS NEMO Program is run by the MDEQ Nonpoint Source Section (administers
the 319 grant program) and has been included in the programs’ statewide
mission.
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