New Stormwater Regulations from Department of Ecology

As you’ve probably read, the State Department of Ecology (under mandate from the federal government) has issued new stormwater regulations which will take effect this coming November. The most talked-about rule is that you won’t be able to wash your car on a hard surface — your driveway, the street, etc. Cars will have to be washed on a permeable surface — a field, or your yard. Or at a car wash.

This is to cut down on the pollution that washes into nearby waterways.

According to the PDN’s online survey today, this isn’t going over too well.

The question is: "Should government be able to tell you where to wash your car on your private property?"

With 777 votes cast so far, the responses are:

No — 82.0%
Yes — 14.8%
Undecided — 3.2%

What say you?