Establish a Stormwater Utility

Learn how stormwater utilities can transform your community by addressing long-standing flooding and water pollution problems that threaten the health, safety, and economic well-being of your residents.  

Click the links below to find all the tools you need to affordably and effectively establish a stormwater utility in your community.   

What Are the Problems Facing Your Community?

What Are Your Community’s Goals?

Do You Have the Structure and Revenues Needed?

What is the Cost of Inaction?

Could a Stormwater Utility Provide the Right Solution?

Mapping Your Community

Your Current Stormwater Management Program and How a Utility Fits

Your Approach: Green Infrastructure, Gray Infrastructure, and More

Your Asset Management Program

Your Capital and Operating Budget

What Can a Stormwater Utility Pay For?

Key Milestones for Implementation

Basic Decision Tree

Lessons Learned

Regionalization: Pros and Cons

Considerations for Implementation

Building Your Team

Potential Funding Sources

Building Public Support

Most Important Questions

Fee Basics

Determining Your Baseline Stormwater Budget

CSO Communities: Cost Allocation

Rate Structure Options

Offsetting Credits

Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act

New Jersey Stormwater Laws & Regulations

Legal Mechanics of Creating a Utility

Attributes to Withstand Legal Challenges

To learn more about stormwater utilities and NJDEP’s guidance, click here.