Town of Wilton, NH

Stormwater Management Regulations

1.0 Purpose

Activities that disturb or alter land, including, without limitation, demolition, clearing, excavation, filling and construction, can change the nature, path, volume, percolation and flow of runoff from the land, resulting in erosion, pollution and other damage to sensitive areas. These regulations are intended to protect local property, natural resources and infrastructure from the effects of unmanaged changes in runoff resulting from such activity and identify the Stormwater Management Goals that must be achieved to do so. These regulations more specifically require, among other things, (a) construction and related activities to use best management practices to limit their impact, (b) adoption and implementation of an approved Stormwater Management Plan before certain activity begins and throughout the construction process, (c) post-construction maintenance and ongoing inspections of the Stormwater Management Systems that manage runoff on a property and (d) updates to Stormwater Management Systems as necessary for them to continue to meet the Stormwater Management Goals.