This report by Sustainable Prosperity provides an overview on the issue of stormwater and stormwater financing. It presents stormwater related challenges and funding mechanisms in practice and proposes a toolkit for sustainable stormwater management. Finally, it reviews six case studies to and describes the respective efforts that have been taken to financing stormwater in a more sustainable way.

Throughout the last decade stormwater and sustainable stormwater management are gaining recognition as key issues for municipal decision makers and urban planners. Conventional methods, such as stormwater charges, are increasingly seen as insufficient to tackle the multiple issues related to stormwater. The report provides useful details for practitioners and scientists interested in learning more about stormwater management.