Anything that flows down a storm drain comes out in a nearby waterway. As stormwater flows over land, down streets, and into storm drains, it picks up pollutants such as litter, grass clippings, leaves, lawn fertilizers, oil leaks from cars, winter sand and road salt, and pet waste. These pollutants can flow directly into our waterways.
Learn how to protect our local waterways.
Business Waste
Fall Cleanup
Pet Waste
Septic Systems
Swimming Pools
- Swimming Pools and Surface Water Quality
- Massachusetts DEP Guidelines on Swimming Pools
- How to drain a residential swimming pool-waterandhealth.org
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant
- Stream Crossings and Culvert Assessment
The Town of Hopkinton is working with a team of consultants to assess areas of concern in the Town’s stormwater collection and distribution system. As part of the FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant, the Town is tasked with identifying different areas of localized flooding in order to enhance the Town’s existing stormwater collection infrastructure and reduce flooding-related impacts to the community. The primary focus of this work will be on stream crossings and culverts.
The Town applied for this grant following the completion of the 2020 Hazard Mitigation- Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Plan (HMP-MVP Plan). The HMP-MVP Plan identified that stormwater flooding as a hazard affecting the Town. The full HMP-MVP Plan is linked below.
2020 Hazard Mitigation - Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Plan (MVP Plan)
Stormwater Links
- Hopkinton Stormwater Management Plan
- EPA NPDES Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit and Town's Annual Reports
- Central Massachusetts Regional Stormwater Coalition
- Think Blue Massachusetts - information on reducing polluted runoff and helping to keep lakes, rivers, and streams clean and healthy!
- EPA watershed planning for Charles River - Improving Water Quality in the Charles River by Controlling Private sources of stormwater Pollution in Hopkinton