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Mapping Your Community Focus on Solutions 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? The Process For Creating a Stormwater Utility Key Milestones for Implementation Building Your Team Basic Decision Tree Lessons Learned Organizational Options for Hosting a Stormwater Utility Regionalization: Pros and Cons Considerations For Implementation Building Public Support Financial Decisions Most Important Questions Fee Basics Determining Your Baseline Stormwater Budget CSO Communities: Cost Allocation Rate Structure Options Offsetting Credits Legal and Regulatory Considerations Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act New Jersey Stormwater LawsRegulations Legal Mechanics of Creating a Utility Attributes to Withstand Legal Challenges Potential Funding Sources Resources Stay Informed Home About Why Stormwater Matters What is Stormwater? Why is it Increasing? Tips to Prevent Stormwater Pollution in Your Community Why a Stormwater Utility? How Do Localities Typically Manage Stormwater? What Options Are Available to Address Stormwater? What is a Stormwater Utility? What Are The Key Benefits of a Stormwater Utility? Common Myths What Legislation Makes a Stormwater Utility Possible in New Jersey? What Do Stormwater Utilities Look Like in Other States? Establish a Stormwater Utility What’s Your Community’s Stormwater Situation? What Are The Problems Facing Your Community? What are Your Community’s Goals for Managing Stormwater? Do You Need a Different Structure and More Resources? What is the Cost of Inaction? Could a Stormwater Utility Provide The Right Solution? Mapping Your Community Focus on Solutions 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? The Process For Creating a Stormwater Utility Key Milestones for Implementation Building Your Team Basic Decision Tree Lessons Learned Organizational Options for Hosting a Stormwater Utility Regionalization: Pros and Cons Considerations For Implementation Building Public Support Financial Decisions Most Important Questions Fee Basics Determining Your Baseline Stormwater Budget CSO Communities: Cost Allocation Rate Structure Options Offsetting Credits Legal and Regulatory Considerations Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act New Jersey Stormwater LawsRegulations Legal Mechanics of Creating a Utility Attributes to Withstand Legal Challenges Potential Funding Sources Resources Stay Informed Home About Why Stormwater Matters What is Stormwater? Why is it Increasing? Tips to Prevent Stormwater Pollution in Your Community Why a Stormwater Utility? How Do Localities Typically Manage Stormwater? What Options Are Available to Address Stormwater? What is a Stormwater Utility? What Are The Key Benefits of a Stormwater Utility? Common Myths What Legislation Makes a Stormwater Utility Possible in New Jersey? What Do Stormwater Utilities Look Like in Other States? Establish a Stormwater Utility What’s Your Community’s Stormwater Situation? What Are The Problems Facing Your Community? What are Your Community’s Goals for Managing Stormwater? Do You Need a Different Structure and More Resources? What is the Cost of Inaction? Could a Stormwater Utility Provide The Right Solution? Mapping Your Community Focus on Solutions 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? The Process For Creating a Stormwater Utility Key Milestones for Implementation Building Your Team Basic Decision Tree Lessons Learned Organizational Options for Hosting a Stormwater Utility Regionalization: Pros and Cons Considerations For Implementation Building Public Support Financial Decisions Most Important Questions Fee Basics Determining Your Baseline Stormwater Budget CSO Communities: Cost Allocation Rate Structure Options Offsetting Credits Legal and Regulatory Considerations Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act New Jersey Stormwater LawsRegulations Legal Mechanics of Creating a Utility Attributes to Withstand Legal Challenges Potential Funding Sources Resources Stay Informed Home About Why Stormwater Matters What is Stormwater? Why is it Increasing? Tips to Prevent Stormwater Pollution in Your Community Why a Stormwater Utility? How Do Localities Typically Manage Stormwater? What Options Are Available to Address Stormwater? What is a Stormwater Utility? What Are The Key Benefits of a Stormwater Utility? Common Myths What Legislation Makes a Stormwater Utility Possible in New Jersey? What Do Stormwater Utilities Look Like in Other States? Establish a Stormwater Utility What’s Your Community’s Stormwater Situation? What Are The Problems Facing Your Community? What are Your Community’s Goals for Managing Stormwater? Do You Need a Different Structure and More Resources? What is the Cost of Inaction? Could a Stormwater Utility Provide The Right Solution? Mapping Your Community Focus on Solutions 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? The Process For Creating a Stormwater Utility Key Milestones for Implementation Building Your Team Basic Decision Tree Lessons Learned Organizational Options for Hosting a Stormwater Utility Regionalization: Pros and Cons Considerations For Implementation Building Public Support Financial Decisions Most Important Questions Fee Basics Determining Your Baseline Stormwater Budget CSO Communities: Cost Allocation Rate Structure Options Offsetting Credits Legal and Regulatory Considerations Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act New Jersey Stormwater LawsRegulations Legal Mechanics of Creating a Utility Attributes to Withstand Legal Challenges Potential Funding Sources Resources Stay Informed Protect Public Health. Safeguard Your Community. Rest Easier When It Rains. Stronger storms and rainfall plague communities with flooding, pollution, and economic loss. We can do better. A stormwater utility can help ensure a stronger, healthier, and safer community. Rest easier when it rains. Learn how to establish a stormwater utility in your community. Why Stormwater Matters Learn MoreWhy a Stormwater Utility? Learn MoreEstablish a Stormwater Utility Learn MoreHear What Community Leaders Have to Say "Stormwater utilities have been used in over 1,700 localities around the United States to solve stormwater issues in a cost-efficient manner that provides local governments with new resources to do so." Senator Bob Smith NJ - Legislative District 17 "By establishing a stormwater utility, Wilmington was able to directly address its stormwater issues while equitably...