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Stormwater fees

You pave, you pay

by SAXE D, BOUTIS P
Published in November 2015 - Page 33

As growing urbanization increases impermeable surfaces, and climate change disrupts our infrastructure systems, stormwater management will become a bigger concern for municipalities.

What is the best way to pay for stormwater management? It’s not a mystery. Decades of economic theory and practice have demonstrated the simple truth that increasing the price of a conduct or activity will reduce the activity.

In 2011, we wrote about the innovative stormwater fees adopted by Kitchener, Ontario, following English and American

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