The City of Shoreline’s Surface Water Utility works to protect both our community and the environment.

The Surface Water Master Plan guides our projects and programs. This plan is updated every six years. 

To create the 2025-2030 Surface Water Master Plan, we worked closely with community through two surveys, six focus groups with diverse community members, and hundreds of conversations at community events.

The 2025-2030 Surface Water Master Plan focuses on the community’s top surface water priorities:

• Protecting and restoring Shoreline's streams, lakes, and Puget Sound
• Preparing our city for stronger storms caused by climate change
• Making Shoreline greener with trees and gardens that soak up rainwater

This plan was officially adopted on October 13, 2025. 

Learn more about how community priorities were used to develop and select the plan, and key program changes for 2025-2030 here. 

Click here for a copy of the full 2025-2030 Surface Water Master Plan. Appendices available by request.