Stormwater Master Plan

The City of Naples receives an average annual rainfall of 56 inches which equates to approximately 14 billion gallons of water in a year; most of this falls in a 4 to 5 month period over the summer!  This is why it is so important for the City to have a Stormwater Master Plan to manage the stormwater, to protect people and property from flooding, to protect ecology and habitat from polluted stormwater runoff, and to store and reuse a precious and limited resource...water.

Stormwater runoff is an increasingly important resource that needs to be managed from both a water quantity and quality standpoint.  It impacts the City’s infrastructure, natural resources, and water supply.  The goal of the Stormwater Master Plan Update is to develop a clear, comprehensive, and forward-looking master plan (updated from 2007) that encompasses the City of Naples’s stormwater management program. The update will investigate key components of stormwater as it is related to the City of Naples, and will establish goals and provide a foundation for future policy decisions.  The final product will help the City guide its stormwater program for the next 10 or more years.