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Strategy
• 1b. Identify and Eliminate Barriers to Storm Water Capture and Use
• 3a. Develop Guidance for Alternative
• 3b. Develop Watershed-Based Compliance and Management Guidelines and Tools
• 4a. Implement Senate Bill 985 - Incorporate Principles of Storm Water Resource Plan Guidelines into Storm Water Programs
• 4b. Eliminate Barriers to Funding Storm Water Programs and Identify Funding for Storm Water Capture and Use Projects
• 5a. Create Storm Water Program Data and Information "Open Data"
• 6a. Establish Statewide Framework for Urban Pesticide Reduction
• 6b. Identify Opportunities for Source Control and Pollution Prevention
• Project 1d: Develop and Establish a Monetary Value of Storm Water
• Project 2a: Encourage Stakeholder Collaboration to Promote Storm Water as a Resource
• Project 3c: Assess Municipal Storm Water Program Monitoring and Effectiveness
• Project 3d: Establish Statewide Regulatory Framework for Municipal Storm Water Programs
• Project 3f: Develop Guidance for Implementation of Post-Construction Requirements to Improve Watershed Health
• Project 4c: Identify Municipal Storm Water Permit Compliance Cost
• Project 5b: Evaluate and Increase Storm Water Permit Compliance
• Project 5d: Align Water Quality Statewide Planning Efforts with Storm Water Program Implementation - Pilot Project Using the Biological Integrity Plan
• Project 6c: Evaluate and Implement Trash Control
• Project 3g: Establish Guidance for Storm Water Program Asset Management Planning and Cost Estimation
• Project 4d: Identify Industrial and Construction Storm Water Permit Compliance Cost
• Project 5c: Establish Sector-Specific Technology-Based Numeric Effluent Limitations for Industrial and Construction Storm Water Permits
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Project 4c: Identify Municipal Storm Water Permit Compliance Cost
Priority:
Medium
Assessment:
Critically important, achievable with significant barriers
None
Project Objective:Develop a framework to identify cost of compliance with storm water permit requirements.
Scope:Develop a standard accounting and allocation method to estimate the Storm Water Program costs including costs for personnel, operation and maintenance, and capital improvements. The method will differentiate cost of compliance from unrelated costs of infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Background:
Previous studies have shown that municipalities are not consistent in their approaches in estimating the cost of a storm water program. Different accounting and allocation methods (e.g., allocation of street sweeping to which public works program - storm water or street maintenance) are used to assign cost to a program. This creates a range in calculated program costs that varies from municipality to municipality and creates confusion as to the true cost of permit compliance. Previous work that includes cost information will be utilized where possible.
Products and Timelines:1.5 Years: Produce a staff report outlining costs associated with storm water permits standardized estimating procedures, and a case study. 6 Months: Develop Item for State Water Board consideration of adoption.
Phase II
Objective 4
Establish Financially Sustainable Storm Water Programs
Goal 3
Implement Efficient and Effective Regulatory Programs
Project Information
Name | Identify Municipal Storm Water Permit Compliance Cost |
Start | 2019 |
Completion | 2021 |
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