The Impact of Different Stormwater Fee Types: A Case Study of Two Municipalities in Virginia

dc.contributor.authorDritschel, Amanda Marieen
dc.contributor.committeechairDymond, Randel L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMoglen, Glenn Emeryen
dc.contributor.committeememberCampbell, C. Warrenen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.coverage.cityRoanokeen
dc.coverage.cityBlacksburgen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-20T17:53:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-20T17:53:28Zen
dc.date.issued2016-06-20en
dc.description.abstractStormwater user fees (SUFs) are an increasingly popular method of generating revenue for municipalities responsible for implementing complex stormwater regulations through the NPDES permit program. These fees can be created in a multitude of ways, including a flat fee for each parcel, charging by parcel area, charging based on a runoff factor, and many others. As a case study, eight SUFs were applied to the City of Roanoke and the Town of Blacksburg, both in Virginia, to determine the effect each SUF has on how land use type impacts the revenue composition. The City of Roanoke is larger and includes more industrial areas, but less multifamily impervious areas than Blacksburg, which translates differently in the SUFs. Residential parcels comprise the highest percentage of the revenue in all eight SUFs in Blacksburg and four in Roanoke. Open space parcels don't contain much impervious area yet account for up to 27% of the revenue. Industrial parcels comprise more of the revenue in Roanoke, averaging 11.1% compared to 4.6% in Blacksburg. A detailed digitized land cover dataset was compared to Blacksburg's land cover dataset, which resulted in maximum difference of $0.02 per parcel for residential parcel fees. Exemptions of large parcels in Roanoke, like the railroad and airport, if enacted would result in a maximum increase in fees of 15% and a shift of $7,491 of the monthly revenue to the residential parcels.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:8227en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71379en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectstormwateren
dc.subjectstormwater management programen
dc.subjectstormwater utilityen
dc.subjectstormwater user feeen
dc.titleThe Impact of Different Stormwater Fee Types: A Case Study of Two Municipalities in Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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