Q. How does street sweeping affect stormwater?
A. By keeping our streets clean, pollutants such as leaked oil, gravels, and trash do not have the chance of washing down our drains and polluting our local streams and creeks.
Q. Where can I get a copy of the City's Stormwater Ordinance?
A. On this website under the Educational Tab or by filling in the contact form and submitting your request.
Q. Why do I have to pay a stormwater fee?
A. As a resident of the Bluefield Watershed, we all contribute to stormwater runoff during precipitation events. Since we all contribute, we all must pay a fair share to fund programs which allow for education, infrastructure maintenance, and pollutant removal from our local streams and creeks.
Q. Who is exempt from paying stormwater fees?
A. Nobody, everyone who owns property within the City's Watershed must pay for their share of the stormwater contribution.
Q. What is a "Watershed"?
A. The area that contributes surface water runoff into a tributary system or water course.
Q. What is my stormwater fee based on?
A. The fee is based on the total amount of impervious or hard surfaces on your lot that does not easily absorb water. These surfaces can include roof tops, parking lots, sidewalks, or any other type of material that allows water to run off your lot.
Q. Is this a City tax?
A. Absolutely not. This is a stormwater system user fee which can only be applied towards meeting WV Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) Stormwater Permit requirements.
A. By keeping our streets clean, pollutants such as leaked oil, gravels, and trash do not have the chance of washing down our drains and polluting our local streams and creeks.
Q. Where can I get a copy of the City's Stormwater Ordinance?
A. On this website under the Educational Tab or by filling in the contact form and submitting your request.
Q. Why do I have to pay a stormwater fee?
A. As a resident of the Bluefield Watershed, we all contribute to stormwater runoff during precipitation events. Since we all contribute, we all must pay a fair share to fund programs which allow for education, infrastructure maintenance, and pollutant removal from our local streams and creeks.
Q. Who is exempt from paying stormwater fees?
A. Nobody, everyone who owns property within the City's Watershed must pay for their share of the stormwater contribution.
Q. What is a "Watershed"?
A. The area that contributes surface water runoff into a tributary system or water course.
Q. What is my stormwater fee based on?
A. The fee is based on the total amount of impervious or hard surfaces on your lot that does not easily absorb water. These surfaces can include roof tops, parking lots, sidewalks, or any other type of material that allows water to run off your lot.
Q. Is this a City tax?
A. Absolutely not. This is a stormwater system user fee which can only be applied towards meeting WV Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) Stormwater Permit requirements.
Bluefield Stormwater Board
100 Rogers Street
Bluefield, WV 24701
(304)325-RAIN
100 Rogers Street
Bluefield, WV 24701
(304)325-RAIN