TNSA TALKS

Stormwater Utilities: Planning through Implementation

April 30, 2026  2pm Eastern Time

Registration Required by noon Wednesday, April 29.

This one-hour session will provide a practical overview of how to develop a stormwater utility—from initial planning and stakeholder engagement to implementation. Drawing on real-world experience, the presentation will also emphasize the importance of sustaining and periodically updating an existing utility to keep pace with regulatory, infrastructure, and community needs. A significant portion of the discussion will focus on getting to the “right fee,” including capital improvement planning, program management, and financial analysis techniques relevant to both new utilities and utility updates. The session is designed to be applicable for any size community as well as communities at any stage of stormwater utility development/update process.

Speaker: David Mason, CDM Smith

Mr. Mason is an environmental and water resources engineer for CDM Smith with over 25 years of experience in stormwater master planning, GIS inventory, design, stormwater permitting, and stormwater utility development. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas.  He is based out of the CDM Smith Nashville, TN office.

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Contact Charlene DeSha at charlene@tnstormwater.org or 865-386-6917​
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