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Stormwater utility awards master plan to study flooding in vulnerable neighborhoods
Summary
The Stormwater Management Utility told the Finance Committee it has awarded a master plan study to develop a strategic capital plan, increase inspections and advance green infrastructure in historically vulnerable neighborhoods; the unit is targeting 50 sewer miles inspected in FY27 and annual cleaning of half the city’s ~30,000 inlets.
Arun Hinnipour, deputy director of the Stormwater Management Utility (SMU), told the Finance Committee that SMU’s FY27 priorities include a newly awarded master plan study, a shift toward asset-management metrics and targeted attention to historically vulnerable neighborhoods.
Hinnipour said SMU will pursue a comprehensive capital plan and more robust asset-management work — including an FY27 target to inspect 50 miles of sewer and an annual goal to clean half of the city’s roughly 30,000 stormwater inlets. “We are very much looking forward to this project as it will not only inform a strategic capital plan, but specifically look at stormwater impacts in historically vulnerable and underserved neighborhoods,” he said.
SMU reported inspecting over 12,000 inlets through the third quarter and expects to meet the annual cleaning goal. Hinnipour said collaboration with the Department of Public Services and an emphasis on cost-effective mitigation techniques (lining, sewer inspection and green infrastructure) are central to the plan.
The presentation flagged capital-planning limits and rising costs as constraints and said a forthcoming cost-of-service and rate study will inform future funding decisions. There were no votes; councilmembers thanked SMU and filed the presentation for the record.
