MS4-pipe copy.pngMS4 is short for, "Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System", where the word “Municipal" refers to a unit of local government such as the Town of Saugerties. And the number 4 refers to the four words that start with the letter "S"; "Separate," "Storm," "Sewer," "System."

A separate storm sewer system is a collection of structures, including retention basins, ditches, roadside inlets and underground pipes, designed to gather stormwater from built-up areas and discharge it, without treatment, into local streams and rivers. It's called a separate system because it is not connected to the sanitary sewer system which drains waste water from inside a home to a sewage treatment facility or a private septic system.
 

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Town of Saugerties:

  • Fax: 845-246-0461

Ulster County: