Indianapolis, IN Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

The Marion County Stormwater Management District is created to provide for the collection and disposal of stormwater in a manner that protects the public health, safety and welfare.(b)The function of the District, through the department of public works and the department of business and neighborhood services, is to provide for the safe and efficient capture and conveyance of stormwater runoff, mitigate the damaging effects of stormwater runoff, correct stormwater collection and conveyance problems and fund the activities of stormwater management including, but not limited to, design, planning, regulation, education, administration, coordination, construction, operation, maintenance, inspection and enforcement activities, and to comply with the city's the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Discharge Permit, all for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.(c)It is determined necessary for the protection of public health, safety and welfare and to comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations that a system of charges for stormwater service in the Consolidated City of Indianapolis, Marion County be established. The system of charges shall allocate the cost of providing stormwater management service to each user so that the charges assessed are reasonably related to the costs of providing stormwater management service, insofar as those costs can reasonably be determined. (G.O. 43, 2001, § 4; G.O. 16, 2022, § 50)