Urban Runoff Fees Grow In Popularity

Southern California cities and counties are increasingly adopting runoff fees to remediate urban runoff that contaminates coastal waters.

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August 2, 2004, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"In an effort to better cleanse urban runoff that for years has fouled coastal waters, Orange County Sanitation District officials are proposing a countywide user fee to fund a $25-million cleanup effort... The fee would be among the first in California charged directly to property owners for the costs of treating urban runoff."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

Read the full story: O.C. Considers Charging Residents to Pay for Cleanup of Urban Runoff

Sunday, August 1, 2004 in The Los Angeles Times

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