Stormwater Utility

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.

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
• 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

Managed by the Public Works Department, Environmental and Utility Services division, the Stormwater Utility funds support engineers, scientists, technicians, inspectors, project managers, and administrative specialists in several divisions within the City's Public Works Department. 

The City is addressing Stormwater Management in 3 phases: