Research snapshot · Water · 31 August 2026

Stormwater management in Vermont: 19 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Already a well-mapped Known topic. NPDES and water resource management merged in.Our definition of the class, 29 August 2026.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 39 dated municipal records flagged as stormwater management in Vermont, spanning 19 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Richmond, 30 July 2018. Since then 19 Vermont towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Jericho on 17 June 2026.

The last 90 days put 2 meetings on the record, down from 3 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Agendas -, City Manager&#39s Weekly Report and Colchester Newsletters.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202562
Dec 2025 to Feb 202665
Mar 2026 to May 202632
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)22

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Sep 2025 to Nov 2025, with 6 meetings.

The towns on the record19, earliest first

Every Vermont town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Richmondearliest 2018-07-30 · 1 meeting · latest 2018-07-30 · the document Richmond Stormwater Master Plan 2018
Barre Townearliest 2022-01-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2022-01-01 · the minutes Minutes And Agendas — 202109-Min final
Colchesterearliest 2023-05-01 · 2 meetings · latest 2024-06-10 · the document For the Week of June 10, 2024
Hartfordearliest 2023-05-02 · 2 meetings · latest 2024-06-25 · a report Significant Activity Report June 25, 2024
St. Albans Townearliest 2023-06-21 · 10 meetings · latest 2026-01-05 · the minutes Agendas - Minutes — 1.5.26 Mtg
Shelburneearliest 2023-09-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-09-01 · a report September 2023
Williamstownearliest 2024-01-11 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-01-11 · the document 20240110-planning-mins-williamstown-vt
South Burlingtonearliest 2024-06-02 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-06-02 · the document Weekly Warning June 2, 2024 - June 8, 2024 (PDF)
Northfieldearliest 2024-10-28 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-10-28 · the minutes Public Safety Oversight and Planning Subcommittee Minutes: October 28, 2024
Montpelierearliest 2025-01-08 · 5 meetings · latest 2025-11-14 · a report City Manager's Weekly Report 11/14/2025
Fair Havenearliest 2025-02-24 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-02-24 · the document 02-18-25
State of VTearliest 2025-05-28 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-01-23 · the document S0303: An act relating to administration of the three-acre stormwater discharge permit
Bristolearliest 2025-10-27 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-06-22 · the minutes Minutes_DRAFT
Essexearliest 2026-01-08 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-08 · the minutes Planning Commission , Economic Development Commission & Housing Commission Meeting 2026-01-08 — PC Minutes 010826 DRAFT
Essex Junctionearliest 2026-02-11 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-02-25 · the minutes February 25, 2026 FINAL Minutes

And 4 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

22 June 2026 · Bristol Unknown

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes_DRAFT

17 June 2026 · Jericho

the minutes, on the town's own site AgendaCenter minutes

29 May 2026 · Fairfax

the document, on the town's own site Item 8.b. Councilmember Reports, May 2026

12 May 2026 · Hinesburg Conservation Commission

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — Conservation Commission

Companies on this record108 companies, 29 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
Efficiency VT (VEIC)Montpelier
DuBois & King (D&K)Montpelier
Pracademic PartnersMontpelier
Turtle Island Child Care (TICC)Montpelier
American Water WorksMontpelier, St. Albans Town
DuBois & KingBristol, Montpelier
Friends of the Winooski RiverBarre Town, Richmond
Friends of Northern Lake Champlain (FNLC)St. Albans Town
ORCA MediaMontpelier
Westview Condominium Development, LLCSt. Albans Town
3-Acre Stormwater Project DeveloperSt. Albans Town
Advanced Drainage SystemsSt. Albans Town
AECOMSt. Albans Town
AES ConsultingRichmond
AES CorporationSt. Albans Town
Agency of TransportationColchester
AirgasSt. Albans Town
Aldrich & ElliotSt. Albans Town
Aldrich and ElliottSt. Albans Town
Alloy (Prism Response LLC)Bristol
AmazonSt. Albans Town
American WaterMontpelier
ANR MS4 Program ManagerSt. Albans Town
ARPABristol
AT&TSt. Albans Town
AVCCHinesburg
AWHSFairfax
Babe Ruth 13-15 year old teamBarre Town
Babe Ruth 16-18 year old teamBarre Town
Bike Share Drop MobilityFairfax

And 78 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 109 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Stormwater management, Vermont

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Vermont

every topic this state carries

Area

Water

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

19

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

30 July 2018

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

2 against 3 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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