The tragic storms in July, 2003, while historic in nature, served to highlight the City’s need to address aging storm water and sanitary sewer infrastructure, as well as maintenance, throughout Hudson. To adequately address these issues would require a comprehensive, City-wide storm water action plan—rather than simply tackling individual problems home by home. City Council and City staff recognized that to address these issues would require commitment and funding.

To fund this aggressive initiative, Hudson voters passed the Issue 3 income tax levy in March of 2004. Of the money generated from the new tax, approximately one-half will go to storm and sanitary sewer infrastructure and maintenance (about $3.5 million a year). The comprehensive 10-year, long-term action plan involves clearing major tributaries, eliminating/reducing inflow & infiltration, additional retention/detention ponds, and new infrastructure.

Storm Water Educational Information

While Hudson is embarking on an aggressive storm water management action plan, there is much that citizens can also do to help keep our waters clean. The City has developed new educational resources to inform and educate the public about how individuals can help keeps our water clean. To view this education information, click on the links below.

Storm Water Rules and Regulations
Our Environment—Cleaning Up Our Waters
What You can do Around Your Home to Help
Hudson Ecology (Vermont's Chittenden County Regional Stormwater Education Program)
Clean Hudson Water
Dirty Hudson Water
A Stormwater “Toolbox”
Quantifying Stormwater benefits