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6 <br />Western Kentucky University Stormwater Utility Survey 2019 <br />Canadian Stormwater Utilities <br /> <br />Mike Gregory found 29 Canadian communities with stormwater utilities. From Figure 5, there appears to <br />be some cross -border communication especially in British Columbia/Washington and in <br />Ontario/Michigan/Ohio/Indiana. Of the 29 SWUs he was able to find 7 that used an ERU fee system. In <br />Canada the most popular system is the tier system and he was able to identify 11 of those. We received <br />no additional information on Canadian SWUs in 2019, so the graph is the same as last year. <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 5. Canadian communities with stormwater utilities. <br /> <br />Summary <br /> <br />This was a very exciting year for stormwater utilities. Connecticut got its first, New London. New Jersey <br />signed into law clear statutory authority to create stormwater utilities and several New Jersey <br />communities are looking into developing them. Stormwater utilities continue to develop in Pennsylvania <br />and now there are at least 27. About one decade ago, Philadelphia formed the first in the state. New <br />Orleans and Anchorage, Alaska are considering them which raises the possibility that two more states will <br />have SWUs. Once the ice is broken, more will likely form. Stormwater utilities make sense because they <br />can be made fair and provide consistent funding for stormwater programs. While political and legal <br />opposition have forced some SWUs to shut down, the trend is for more and more to form.