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Murrysville council members will vote Wednesday on a storm water ordinance update that, according to engineering technician Emily Mallisee, largely goes beyond county and state requirements.
“All of these are basically enhancing the rules and regulations we already have in place,” Mallisee said. “Our regulations weren’t too stringent, but they were more so than a lot of other municipalities had in 2016, and I think that’s helped Murrysville to be more ‘green’ over the years.”
The municipality is the recipient of the Westmoreland Conservation District’s 2020 J. Roy Houston Conservation Partnership Award. Some of its recent projects include retrofitting detention ponds to drain more slowly, creating a natural buffer along the headwaters of Steele’s Run near Murrysville Community Park, and creating a trail hea