Success stories of brevard county, Florida stormwater utility

Brevard County created one of the first stormwater utility programs in Flor ida in 1990. As a pioneering utility, there were no examples to follow to d etermine the functions and policies for a stormwater utility. Many lessons were learned in the political arena as well as in the new field of retrofit ting existing development with new types of stormwater treatment systems. S ince that time over 210 retrofit projects have been constructed at a cost o f over $14,000,000 This paper will discuss some of the types of projects im plemented and the lessons learned.