City of Colorado Springs / Stormwater
Stormwater
Stormwater Enterprise
Stormwater Permit
Stormwater Management Assessment
Adopt-A-Waterway Program
Stormwater Training Classes Templeton Gap Floodway School Presentations
Stormwater is rain or snow that falls on streets, parking areas, rooftops and other developed land and either flows directly into nearby streams or travels there through drainage systems, such as curbs and gutters, inlets, storm sewers, detention ponds and channels. The flows are then discharged, untreated, into major drainage ways such as Fountain and Monument Creeks.
Stormwater is a main source of water flow to our watershed. A watershed is the area of land that drains to a particular point along a stream.
Managing stormwater runoff in terms of both water quantity and water quality is crucial to protecting people and property in Colorado Springs and in communities downstream of our city. City Council established a stormwater enterprise in 2005 as the funding mechanism for the design and construction of capital improvement projects, the operations and maintenance of existing stormwater infrastructure, administration of the City's Federally-Mandated Municipal Permit , and the engineering and technical review staff
To view the latest update presented to City Council click here.
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