Cincinnati City Council has unanimously approved a plan to create a standalone stormwater agency by 2027, separating the Stormwater Management Utility (SMU) from Greater Cincinnati Water Works.
The move comes after major flooding across Cincinnati this summer and is intended to give the city a dedicated agency focused on stormwater infrastructure, flood protection and resilience.…
Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval is proposing to make the city’s Stormwater Management Utility a standalone agency.
He is doing this as the city responds to flooding concerns following severe summer storms.
The proposal would separate the Stormwater Management Utility from Greater Cincinnati Water Works, where it has operated as a division since 2016.
Pureval says…
The Cincinnati City Council has ordered a 30-day review of the city’s response to the severe flooding that hit the East Side in July.
The flood response review will examine what worked, what did not work and what Cincinnati should start, stop and continue doing to prepare for future flash floods.
Council seeks lessons from…


