Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
NST is a stormwater-focused company that partnered with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to provide regional stormwater treatment services for the benefit of its customers and the environment.
NST permits, constructs, operates and maintains regional stormwater ponds and can permanently reserve for its customers a specified volume of treatment capacity to offset the stormwater treatment requirements associated with any size project.
NST invests private capital to improve the water quality treatment provided in existing FDOT ponds, creating excess stormwater treatment “credit” that can be transferred to other projects in the watershed. Through efficient, system-wide management of stormwater infrastructure, and the deployment of state-of-the-art “smart-pond” technology, NST delivers flexible, cost-effective, resilient and environmentally sustainable stormwater solutions to its customers.
NST provides its customers with turnkey, long-term stormwater ownership and management services, freeing up land or capital normally invested in constructing, operating and maintaining stormwater infrastructure. Included with the purchase of offsite stormwater treatment services from NST are the perpetual maintenance and regulatory costs of the offsite treatment. By centralizing the management of regional ponds utilizing advanced treatment technology, NST delivers efficient, professional services and improved regional water quality.
National Stormwater Trust has a limited amount of Stormwater Nutrient Credits available immediately in the Tampa Bay Watershed and has access to thousands of additional FDOT stormwater ponds across Florida to generate credits and meet your smart stormwater management needs. Permitted stormwater capacity is available now, and it takes approximately 90 days to complete a purchase. The rest of the Tampa-Orlando market and the Space Coast regions will be opening by the end of 2025.
Similar to trading wetland mitigation bank credits within a designated service area, the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) describes a watershed area by a successfully smaller classifications, ranging from 2 to 12 digits. The smallest classification is the HUC-12 which describes a “sub-watershed” boundary within which stormwater nutrient credits may be transferred from a regional stormwater management system to other projects. In some cases, a larger classification can be used for transferring credits. For questions related to your specific area, please contact us at info@nationalstormwater.com.
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Similar to wetland mitigation credits, stormwater nutrient credits (SNCs) allow a portion or all of the stormwater treatment requirements for a development to be satisfied in an off-site location within the same watershed. When SNCs are available within the same HUC-12 sub-watershed boundary, property owners may be able to off-set a portion of stormwater requirements. Purchasing SNCs can be more cost effective by reducing the space required for stormwater management onsite. The additional space can be used for other purposes.
For pricing and availability, please email the project location and the quantity of required treatment of TN and TP in kg/year to info@nationalstormwater.com.
Yes, in most cases for commercial, industrial, or multi-family developments, you can purchase stormwater treatment capacity from NST and free up additional land for development. This eliminates maintenance and other costs associated with traditional stormwater ponds and underground vaults.
Yes! NST can professionally manage your existing ponds and improve their performance with ‘Smart Pond’ technology to increase capacity, reduce flooding risk, and improve the removal of harmful nutrients. If you would like to remove and redevelop an existing pond and replace it with offsite stormwater treatment, please get in touch with us and we will help you develop a plan.
It is not complicated at all!
- Contact NST with the location and credits needed for offsite compensatory treatment.
- NST will send you a reservation agreement for the stormwater nutrient credits that you need, then we permit your stormwater treatment capacity in one of NST’s regional treatment facilities.
- You pay one lump sum fee for only the stormwater nutrient credits that you need, which eliminates the time and cost of constructing your own pond and all future operation, maintenance, and repair expenses.
The entire process is usually completed in 30 to 60 days.
NST has prepared an outline of exemption and grandfathering provisions of the new rule (located in Section 3.1.2 of Applicant’s Handbook, Volume 1). We’ve also included a couple of examples to help you better understand some likely scenarios.
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