National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

The current Palm Beach County Municipal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit was issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on September 8, 2016. South Indian River Water Control District is a co-permittee along with 34 municipalities, the Department of Transportation, Palm Beach County, and four Special Districts. To complete the permit-related activities that are performed collectively by the co-permittees, a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Steering Committee was formed. The Steering Committee meets on a regular basis to evaluate the program, to provide training and resources to the co-permittees, and to assist with the preparation of the annual reports. Staff continues to attend the Committee Meetings as a Steering Committee Board member. This past year the meetings included discussions on the Cycle 5 permit status, public education, the Annual Reports and Joint Report, and required refresher training videos on spill prevention, illicit discharges and sediment and erosion control. The Cycle 4/Year 7 Annual Report was submitted to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in March of 2024. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is still in the process of finalizing the Cycle 5 Permit and Annual Report Form.

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Public Facilities Report 

Chapter 189 of the Florida Statutes, the Uniform Special District Accountability Act, requires the preparation and submission of a Public Facilities Report to governmental jurisdictions in which the District resides, such as Palm Beach County, the Town of Jupiter, and South Florida Water Management District. Special Districts are required to submit an update to this report every five years and, at a minimum, the report must contain information as to the status of the District’s public facilities and changes or revisions to those facilities that have occurred in the past year. Since 1991, when the District filed its first Public Facilities Report, data collection has been an on-going process to provide for better and more accurate mapping of the works of the District. This year, there were no modifications to this plan. The facilities report will be updated to reflect the improvements completed under our capital improvement program.

• 2025 Public Facilities Report

20-Year Stormwater Needs Analysis 

Sections 403.9301 and 403.9302, Florida Statutes, (Chapter 2021-194, Laws of Florida), direct municipalities, counties, and independent Special Districts that provide a stormwater management system or program to develop a 20-year needs analysis every five years.

Staff submitted the Stormwater Needs Analysis in a spreadsheet template to Palm Beach County in June 2022, who then compiled the local reports and submitted them to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research compiled the data collected and published an analysis of the stormwater submissions in the 2023 edition of the Annual Assessments of Florida’s Water Resources and Conservation Lands.

The conclusion in the State’s Annual Assessment Report was that “in the next 20 years, Florida’s local governments will face a monumental challenge in managing stormwater.” Local governments that submitted stormwater management needs analyses will need $34.48 billion for Operations & Maintenance and $28.13 billion for project expenditures over the next 20 years. Adjusting those needs for Florida’s full population, shows an estimated total of $66.68 billion will be needed. Since there is a significant portion of that sum that has no identified funding source, local governments need to begin planning on how to close that funding gap. The next reporting cycle will begin in 2027.