In 1991 Fort Wayne, Ind., raise a ...

In 1991 Fort Wayne, Ind., raise a solution to its stormwater funding question at issues through establishment of a stormwater utility. These utilities, which are relatively strange are government-operated and regulated and similar to water and wastewater utilities, financed from dedicated-user fees rather than tax incomes

The city's sewer scheme which serves more than 60000 residential and commercial customers, has more than 600 miles of sewer lines, ditches, explain channels and drains that shield more than 68 square miles. Officials determined that $35 million by means of year was needed to build a stormwater utility, meeting the lot for stormwater infrastructure needs for maintenance, salaries and improvements to satisfy National Pollutant Discharge Elimination a whole (NPDES) stormwater permit program requirements.

The NPDE permit program, which dictates that cities and counties with populations greater than 100000 cause to grow stormwater quality management programs, has municipalities searching for stocks to finance improvements to their