Stormwater Planning

Mission
Stormwater Management is part of Puyallup's Public Works Engineering Division. The Stormwater Management Division manages the City's NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit, implements stormwater-related capital projects, and provides technical assistance to other City Departments. The Stormwater Management Division interacts and coordinates on a regular basis with other departments to ensure the Municipal Stormwater Permit requirements are being met.  

For information on the Stormwater Engineering and Construction Standards and the Stormwater Municipal Code, please see the links below.



NPDES Permit Program and Annual Report

To conform with regulations of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA), municipalities are required to comply with a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. This federal permit regulates wastewater and stormwater that is discharged into U.S. waters and waters of the state, including rivers, lakes, streams, and all underground waters and aquifers.

The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is the regulatory authority for the NPDES permit. Ecology issued the most recent NPDES Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit for Western Washington in August 2019, this permit will cover the period from 2019-2024.  Please contact Stormwater Engineering Staff if you have any questions or comments regarding our SWMPP, the annual report responses, or attachments.

2022 Stormwater Annual Report

The 2022 Stormwater Annual Report is required by the Phase II NPDES permit. The city is finalizing the report including a review of work completed and adherence to permit requirements. The annual report and referenced attachments are posted below.

Annual Report and Attachments

The report references several attachments, which provide supplemental information about the reporting requirements. Each attachment will be linked below as a separate file, when available.