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Board seeks pipe-by-pipe capacity data to guide development approvals
Summary
Board members asked staff to produce a system-capacity map (2-, 4- and 6-inch mains and customer meters) to prevent approvals of development that outstrip local water capacity.
Board members and county planning staff discussed using meter data and a pipe-capacity model to check whether planned subdivisions and single-house permits can be supplied before building permits or tap approvals are issued.
"So what they're gonna do is give me a road map package on customer meters ... then we can analyze each line," the general manager said, describing plans to model 2-, 4- and 6-inch mains and to map which lines are near capacity. The modeling is intended to let staff tell developers whether specific roads have capacity or are already maxed out.
Planning official Rosalie urged coordination so the planning and building offices do not issue permits that later cannot be served. "If we could involve the planning office, the building office on having that conversation as well, that way we know not to issue any building permits," Rosalie said.
Staff noted the utility is applying for a withdrawal increase (staff said an application for "5 MG days" is being pursued) and that current system demand is about 1.3 (units not specified in the record) against modeled capacity of about 5 (staff said the system could supply five once the new plan is built). Staff said ARP-funded design work is under way and that being in design removes certain funding eligibility constraints.
No formal policy change or vote was recorded. The board asked staff to produce the capacity reports and said it will use them when evaluating future development and tap requests.
