HUBBARD — While one of the city’s water facilities has passed its EPA inspection, officials will have more work to do because of a new mandate.

As part of his report at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, Councilman Jerome Crowe, D-at Large, serving as president pro tem while Michael Mogg fills in for Mayor Ben Kyle, said he heard about an EPA mandate requiring the city to find and test catch basins and their drainage.

Crowe said by the end of March, the city has to come up with a plan and prove quarterly that officials are following the mandate.

Hubbard City Service Director Ed Palestro clarified during his report that the city has to come up with a comprehensive plan to present to the EPA for the constant monitoring of its stormwater system.

“I think we’re (moving) in the right direction and would be ready for everything to hit the target dates,” Palestro said.

Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, asked if the plan dealt with water flow into the storm sewers or contaminants getting into it.

“It’s multiple; right now, we’re going to identify all the outflows, it’s pipes that feed into the storm system or open drainage,” Palestro said. “We have to identify them first; after that, we have to monitor. After it rains, if there’s substantial rain, we have to test the water to make sure it meets their EPA specs.”

Palestro said the EPA “hasn’t been too specific” on what they would be testing, adding that they were in the infancy stage and needed to get a plan in place quickly.

Palestro said the city would be getting a map showing all of its storm sewers.

“We really need to update our water distribution now, we need to update our storm map; we’ll be right on track,” Palestro said. “This will give us a storm sewer map.”