Conservation Commission

Documents

• Fee Schedule FY26
• Minimum Submission Requirements
• Standard Conditions for Orders of Conditions
• Mass Leads Act Notice 03.10.25

MS4 Outreach

The Town of Cheshire was added as an MS4 Community under the 2016 Massachusetts MS4 Phase II General Permit. Cheshire was authorized to discharge within the MS4 Urbanized Area in December of 2021. As a smaller community, the MS4 area covers only a portion of Town surrounding the MassDOT Route 8 North/South Corridor and around Cheshire Reservoir residential areas. 

The MS4 General Permit was created under the Clean Water Act's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program to preserve, protect, and improve the Nation's water resources from polluted stormwater runoff. It does so by requiring Towns to fulfill best managment practices in a number of ways within the MS4 Urbanized area (see map below). 

Town of Cheshire Stormwater Management Program (SWMP)

Town of Cheshire Stormwater Management Regulations

Town of Cheshire Regulated Area Map

Town of Cheshire Interactive Regulated Area Map

Additional Information:

• Stormwater for Construction
• Stormwater for Developers
• Stormwater for Industrial Sites
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention for Residential Construction
• Commercial Business Stormwater Flyer
• Homeowner's Guide to Septic Systems
• Homeowner's Flyer
• Lake Effect - For Those Living on the Lake
• Pet Waste Flyer