Financing Stormwater Utilities
APWA’s Water Resources Management Committee is excited to release an updated edition of Financing Stormwater Utilities, a resource for the stormwater certification program.
Is your agency feeling the financial pinch of compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations? Are you looking for a dependable and equitable approach to financing your stormwater management? Find out why and how over 2,000 communities and regional governments have turned to the utility approach.
Local officials need information and guidelines to make informed decisions about stormwater utility creation. This publication defines stormwater utilities, and their potential for revenue generation is summarized. The most frequently asked questions about revenue generation, legalities, administration, and management are answered, alongside subsequent sections concerning the rationale behind general utility planning, establishing rate structures and estimating user charges.
Chair of APWA’s Water Resources Management Committee, Rachel Conrad, PE, CFM, considers this publication “a great aid for any agency interested in starting a stormwater utility or revamping its existing one.”
What is the NPDES?
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program addresses water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants to waters of the United States.
Created in 1972 by the Clean Water Act, the NPDES permit program is authorized to state governments by EPA to perform many permitting, administrative, and enforcement aspects of the program.
