How Stormwater Management is Funded and Planned

Stormwater services in Nanaimo are funded through the General Levy - part of your property taxes. This funding helps keep our streets, homes, and waterways safe.

What Your Taxes Support:

• Planning for future needs
• building and maintaining stormwater infrastructure
• Protecting people, property, and the environment

Why Planning Matters

Managing stormwater is complex. The City maintains a large, aging system while also balancing the needs of many other essential services, like roads, parks, and public facilities. All of these systems draw from the same limited funding.

Because not everything can be upgraded at once, the City uses asset management and long-term planning to help weigh competing priorities with corresponding risks, sequence projects responsibly, and make steady progress year over year. This helps manage risk, protect natural areas, and prepare for more intense storms, even when difficult trade offs are required.

Want to know more about how we plan for the future?

Learn more about Stormwater Management Planning.