Storm Water
Storm Water System
The storm water system refers toThe City's storm drain system includes over 75 miles of open channels/ditches, over 320 miles of public underground pipes, and over 18,000 structures representing over $200 million in storm drain infrastructure investment.
To protect residents and our local creeks the Storm Water Team monitors water quality to assess local creeks and focus on local pollutants of concern including elevated temperatures, sediment, and bacteria. Monitoring includes chemical and biological sampling during storm events and the low flow season. Chemical monitoring provides concentrations of constituents while biological tests show the response of actual living organisms to creek samples or conditions.
Permits & Regulations
The work the City of Santa Rosa does to preventThe Regional Board has been issuing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (NPDES) Storm
Water Permit (PDF) jointly
Water Agency. The permit governs a variety of activities in the City of Santa Rosa such as
industrial and commercial businesses, new and redevelopment projects, construction sites, storm
drain operation and maintenance, creek monitoring, pesticide applications, and illegal dumping
of water and other pollution in the City's storm drain (for more information visit our pollution
prevention page). In early 2013, jurisdictions that had been designated as Phase II
municipalities within the Russian River Watershed were provided an option to align with the
Phase I program in an effort for watershed-wide consistency and collaboration. The City of
Cloverdale, the City of Cotati, the City of Rohnert Park, the City of Healdsburg, the City of
Sebastopol, the City of Ukiah, the Town of Windsor, and the Phase II designated portions of the
County of Sonoma elected to participate in the Phase I
The City enacted a stormwater ordinance (Ordinance No. 3272) on July 30,
Storm Water Assessment
The City of Santa Rosa Storm Water Assessment (Assessment) was approved for parcels within the City of Santa Rosa in 1996 and is intended to offset -
Phone: 707-543-4200
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Creek Stewardship
Physical Address
69 Stony Circle
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Report a non-hazardous spill:
707-543-3800
Report a Hazardous or Unknown spill:
911
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