In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Deputy Mayor Dennis Shanahan and the City of Dover's Environmental Projects Manager Gretchen Young about the city's efforts to establish a stormwater utility. They discuss how stormwater is currently managed and funded in Dover, as well as the need for a dedicated funding source to improve stormwater infrastructure and flood resilience.

This week's guests also discuss what a stormwater utility is and how it would assess fees based on impervious surface area to more equitably distribute costs. They outline the recommendation of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Stormwater and Flood Resilience to create a utility and the ongoing process of developing a potential ordinance to establish it. Also discussed are the benefits of improving water quality, credits for on-site stormwater management, and increasing public outreach and education.

In This Week in Dover History, we explore the enigmatic life of a Civil War veteran whose melodies once resonated through Dover's streets.