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Stormwater Fee

**EFFECTIVE JULY 1 2008, STORMWATER FEES FOR NON-SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ARE BASED ON IMPERVIOUS AREA ON THE PROPERTY**

Stormwater Utility fees are collected and utilized to operate and maintain the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) within the Beckley Urban Watershed and fund federally mandated environmental compliance programs.  

Because all properties within the urban watershed contribute stormwater runoff and stormwater  pollution to the MS4 all properties are subject to the fees below:

Single Family Residential Properties - $3.75/month or $45.00/year

Effective July 1, 2008, the rates for non-single family residential property has tranitioned from flatt feel to a fee charged a stormwater fee based on impervious area on the property.  The impervious rate is $1.25 per 1,000 square feet of impervious area.  Information on impervious areas are contained here

Stormwater utility fees are added to the monthly bill of existing sanitary sewer customers within the MS4 area.  For stormwater utility customers that are not existing BSB sanitary sewer customers, stormwater fees are billed quarterly.