{"id":11661,"date":"2020-07-05T08:12:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T20:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlan.co.nz\/?p=11661"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:09:27","slug":"developing-equitable-stormwater-user-fee-programs-best-practice-from-the-step-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/nz\/developing-equitable-stormwater-user-fee-programs-best-practice-from-the-step-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing equitable stormwater user fee programs: best practice from the STEP program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11661\" class=\"elementor elementor-11661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cae180 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cae180\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Developing equitable stormwater user fee programs: best practice from the STEP program<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae60773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae60773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>About the Webinar<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f8fc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f8fc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Stormwater user fees can provide dedicated, sustainable, and increased funding for traditionally underfunded stormwater services and infrastructure. As a result, municipalities in Canada are recognizing the benefits of adopting a user fee approach to fulfill their stormwater management needs and are increasingly adopting stormwater charges or user fees as their main source of funding. In this webinar, Dr. Victoria Kramkowski will walk through the rationale for implementing stormwater user fees and will guide attendees through the options, steps, and considerations required to develop a municipal stormwater user fee program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84860db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84860db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\">About SPEL Stormwater<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a9411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0a9411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">SPEL is the world\u2019s premier stormwater infrastructure firm. We partner with you to solve the most complex challenges and build legacies. We have designed projects for councils, consulting engineers, and a wide array of global influencers.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c41a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c41a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;\">About Stormwater Shepherds<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85078fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85078fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Stormwater Shepherds are a not-for-profit initiative targeting plastic pollution in riparian environments. Urban generated pollution accounts for a staggering 80% of ocean plastic, and we have made it our mission to stop it at the source. 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