To move toward local financial sustainability, the utility collects stormwater fees based on the surface area of impervious surfaces on a property. (houstonchronicle.com)
Development in recent years has increased impervious surfaces on campus, and this is contributing to stormwater pollution in the watershed and bacteria problems downstream. (surfrider.org)
As wetlands have been lost, the amount of impervious surface in Harris County increased by 25 percent from 1996 to 2011. (aaas.org)