Stormwater Utility

We are a flexibly structured group of City Staff who report to the Public Works Director. The City of Redmond, through its NPDES Municipal permit is responsible for ensuring proper maintenance and operation of all public and private stormwater systems within the City. These include 323 miles of pipes, 20,000 catch basins and manholes, 314 vaults, 182 bioswales, 68 miles of streams, and 261 ponds throughout the City. Working to the same goals and objectives, we include engineers, scientists, technicians, inspectors, project managers, and administrative specialists found in several Divisions within the City's Public Works Department.

The Stormwater Utility:

• ensures that public and private stormwater systems are planned, developed and maintained to prevent flooding, protect water quality and preserve natural stormwater systems;
• monitors water quality and provides leadership and focus for community efforts working toward improved stormwater management;
• identifies needs for capital improvement of the stormwater systems including streams and habitat, prioritizes, selects, and constructs those improvements; and
• ensures that City construction and maintenance projects are planned and implemented to cause as little short term and long term harm as possible to the environment.

The Stormwater Utility is financed with revenue generated by a stormwater utility fee that is charged to owners of developed property fairly and proportionately for the demand they put on the system.

Click on the links above to learn more about what different divisions within the Public Works Department do with Stormwater Utility funds.

Welcome and thank you for visiting the Stormwater Utility's Website. The Stormwater Utility is a subdivision of the Public Works Department working together to support our stormwater infrastructure that includes catch basins, manholes, vaults, pipes, streams, swales, ponds, lakes, and the river.