The City of Fort Myers Stormwater Management Division exists to achieve and maintain a high level of drainage and flood protection for all citizens and to monitor, improve, and maintain water quality in compliance with state and federal permit requirements.
What is stormwater?
Stormwater is the flow of water during and immediately after a rain event. As rain falls to earth in agricultural and undeveloped areas, it is either absorbed or it slowly runs off and dissipates. Impervious surfaces such as rooftops and paved areas not only prevent water from being absorbed, but cause it to run off at a much faster rate, picking up pesticides, fertilizer, oils, greases, lead, iron and other pollutants from roads, parking lots, yards and roofs. As a result, unmanaged urban stormwater runoff can cause increased flooding and ecological damage, in particular to Billy’s Creek and the Caloosahatchee River.
The City of Fort Myers has infrastructure in place to manage this stormwater runoff, but the system must be maintained to keep it functioning. This involves repairing and replacing pipes and structures that are aging.
Meeting our needs
Water quality and stormwater runoff have become expensive issues affecting public service, public health, and the environment. Federal and state regulations on stormwater are becoming increasingly restrictive. To meet these challenges, the City of Fort Myers stormwater program must be upgraded to increase the service level for the public. In an effort to find a fair, equitable way to fund stormwater activities, the City of Fort Myers is implementing a new stormwater user fee in April 2009. The stormwater user fee will provide a funding source for customer needs such as:
- Replacing old pipe systems
- Reducing flooding
- Reducing pollution carried off by rainwater
- Fulfilling Environmental Protection Agency requirements
- Educating and involving the public on stormwater
For information on the stormwater user fee please see the FAQ’s/Stormwater User Fee page.
Information available on this site
By “clicking” on the tabs to the left, you will find information about the following:
- FAQ’s/Stormwater User Fee Information (Why am I being charged? When will this happen? How is it computed?)
- Current and Proposed Projects (descriptions, updates, construction plans, maps, etc.)
- Hydrology Information (watersheds in the City, water quality information, water quality sampling in the City)
- Regulatory requirements (local, regional and state)
- Pollution Prevention and You
- Report an Issue and/or concern (drainage, stormwater utility) via e-mail
The software needed to open the Flood Studies files are free of charge and can be downloaded from the following location: www.epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/wq/models/swmm/
The City of Fort Myers Stormwater Management Division exists to achieve and maintain a high level of drainage and flood protection for all citizens and to monitor, improve, and maintain water quality in compliance with state and federal permit requirements.
What is stormwater?
Stormwater is the flow of water during and immediately after a rain event. As rain falls to earth in agricultural and undeveloped areas, it is either absorbed or it slowly runs off and dissipates. Impervious surfaces such as rooftops and paved areas not only prevent water from being absorbed, but cause it to run off at a much faster rate, picking up pesticides, fertilizer, oils, greases, lead, iron and other pollutants from roads, parking lots, yards and roofs. As a result, unmanaged urban stormwater runoff can cause increased flooding and ecological damage, in particular to Billy’s Creek and the Caloosahatchee River.
The City of Fort Myers has infrastructure in place to manage this stormwater runoff, but the system must be maintained to keep it functioning. This involves repairing and replacing pipes and structures that are aging.
Meeting our needs
Water quality and stormwater runoff have become expensive issues affecting public service, public health, and the environment. Federal and state regulations on stormwater are becoming increasingly restrictive. To meet these challenges, the City of Fort Myers stormwater program must be upgraded to increase the service level for the public. In an effort to find a fair, equitable way to fund stormwater activities, the City of Fort Myers is implementing a new stormwater user fee in April 2009. The stormwater user fee will provide a funding source for customer needs such as:
- Replacing old pipe systems
- Reducing flooding
- Reducing pollution carried off by rainwater
- Fulfilling Environmental Protection Agency requirements
- Educating and involving the public on stormwater
For information on the stormwater user fee please see the FAQ’s/Stormwater User Fee page.
Information available on this site
By “clicking” on the tabs to the left, you will find information about the following:
- FAQ’s/Stormwater User Fee Information (Why am I being charged? When will this happen? How is it computed?)
- Current and Proposed Projects (descriptions, updates, construction plans, maps, etc.)
- Hydrology Information (watersheds in the City, water quality information, water quality sampling in the City)
- Regulatory requirements (local, regional and state)
- Pollution Prevention and You
- Report an Issue and/or concern (drainage, stormwater utility) via e-mail
The software needed to open the Flood Studies files are free of charge and can be downloaded from the following location: www.epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/wq/models/swmm/