FLASHBACK TO 2013: "In the 21st century we are implementing smaller-scale solutions. In the long-term, this will produce a savings for the City and taxpayers," wrote Councillor Lisa Helps in a primer about Victoria's Stormwater Utility
In 2014 the City of Victoria will be rolling out its new Stormwater Utility. “This is something that makes the City of Victoria a leader in Canada. It’s innovative because it encourages people, at the level of their own properties, to take responsibility and leadership for creating solutions – like rain barrels, cisterns, raingardens, bioswales – that are good for the planet and good for the City’s stormwater system,” wrote Lisa Helps.