Key Milestones For Implementation

Eight Basic Steps to Establish a Stormwater Utility

  1. Vetting the concept with top local officials
  2. Establishing a core team of internal experts
  3. Engaging the mayor (or county executive or utility director)
  4. Authorizing a feasibility study to identify options that best suit the community
  5. Ongoing stakeholder and outreach activities
  6. “Go” or “no go” decision
  7. An implementation phase
  8. The final launch

Click here for a one-page document summarizing these eight basic steps.

For a more detailed description of these steps, click here for “New Jersey Stormwater Utilities Program: Milestones for Local Implementation.”

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