Street Sweeping Analysis & Conclusions

Street Sweeping Recommendations:

1. Encourage and support the acquisition and use of high-efficiency street sweepers (vacuum or newer technology) by local governments within the program area. 

2. Recommend local governments within the District revise existing street sweeping
programs and move towards the frequencies set out in Table 1.  Variations due to observed traffic flows or seasonal peaks of activity may also help optimize effort

Table 1.  Recommended sweeping schedule for roads under different land use categories.
*Based on sweeping April – November or nine months of activity

3. Review local contacts for landscape maintenance on mediums and road right of ways in order to avoid introducing unnecessary green waste onto road surface. 

4. Create training for highways department staff to emphasize the link between street sweeping operations and water quality.

5. Investigate the possibilities for extending sweeping to commercial and industrial parking areas and driveways.

6. Investigate the possibilities for setting up a program area fund to look at assisting communities to purchase high efficiency sweepers and look at cost sharing arrangements for between larger communities and smaller communities to allow vacuum sweeping of commercial and industrial areas in communities with low lane miles

Centrifugal Separator Analysis and Conclusions

Centrifugal Separator Recommendations:

1. Encourage municipalities in the project area to adopt centrifugal separators
   • Municipalities in the project area should prioritize industrial and commercial areas for adoption of centrifugal separators.