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Stormwater Management

Stormwater Management brochure (pdf format)
Stormwater Project Listing (pdf format)
Stormwater Project Map (pdf format)
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Stormwater Utility fees comparison

The Stormwater Program is funded by an annual $72 non ad-valorem assessment per equivalent residential unit (ERU).  Revenues collected to fund this program are approximately $4.5 million annually.

Some of the projects funded by these revenues are:

Daytona Highridge Estates
Daytona Highridge Estates is a subdivision that experiences chronic flooding, primarily due to undersized and deteriorated drainage infrastructure.  This project involves engineering analysis and upgrade of the pipe system, acquisition of a land parcel for construction of a stormwater pond, and the construction of swales.  This project is supported in part by a grant from the St. Johns River Water Management District.

Turnbull Creek Tributary "E"
This project consists of the purchase of land and construction of a large stormwater retention facility.  This regional project will provide a variety of benefits, including flood reduction, water quality protection, and a aquifer recharge.  The land parcel is large enough to offer the potential to create a multi-use facility, to include amenities such as walking/jogging trails, an environmental education center, and picnic areas. This project is supported in part by a State Water Advisory Canal Grant.

Swale Projects
The treatment of stormwater runoff by vegetated roadside swales has long been recognized as an effective and cost efficient approach to stormwater management.  The stormwater utility has completed several swale projects, including Wilbur-by-the-Sea, the North Peninsula and the Alabama/Derbyshire Road area.

 Riverbreeze Park Stormwater Treatment
This project involves the construction and monitoring of two innovative means of stormwater treatment: packed filter bed and wetland planting.  The process is designed to filter out sediments and to provide biological assimilation of nutrients prior to discharge into the Indian River (Ariel Canal outfall).   The wet pond will be constructed on the Riverbreeze Park site, located in south Volusia County.  This project is supported in part by a Section 319 EPA Grant.

 Stormwater GIS Database Development
The stormwater utility is working with a consultant to develop a geographic information system data base that will provide a means of creating an inventory and mapping of stormwater features and locations.  Such features include primary conveyances (canals, large pipes), retention facilities, and major stormwater discharges into state waters (rivers, lakes, streams). This effort will provide a more efficient means of tracking maintenance programs, identifying flood prone areas, and water quality areas of concern.

Local Maintenance Projects

Maintenance projects such as this one in Oliver Estates aids ditch stabilization.

Wilbur-by-the-Sea stormwater improvements included installation of underground perforated pipes surrounded by a gravel rock bed called an ex-filtration trench.  This system was designed to reduce flooding.

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