§ 14-1. Legislative mandate.

(a)

The City of Galveston is primarily creating a municipal drainage utility system to fund requirements of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Phase II Rules, which are designed to mitigate pollution arising from nonpoint source stormwater runoff. These rules are as a result of the United States Clean Water Act of 1972 and its 1987 Amendments. Secondarily, the City of Galveston is adopting the municipal drainage utility to fund projects that will mitigate surface water overflows, surface water stagnation and wet weather sanitary sewer wastewater overflows.

(b)

The Galveston municipal drainage utility system is herewith and hereby established and declared to be a public utility. The City of Galveston shall have full authority to operate such municipal drainage utility system pursuant to the authority given and contained in Chapter 402, Subchapter C, of the Texas Local Government Code.

(Ord. No. 01-052, § 2 (part), 8-14-01)