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Metro Water details capacity rules: developers pay for upgrades; ratepayer funds not available to subsidize infrastructure for affordable housing
Summary
Metro Water Services said developers must provide capacity letters and pay for upsized pipes and treatment capacity when a project increases demand. Staff cautioned enterprise fund constraints prevent using ratepayer revenue to subsidize developers or shift funds across service lines.
Steve Mishue, an engineer with Metro Water Services, described how the water, sewer and stormwater systems interface with development and the limits on using Metro Water revenue to subsidize construction costs for private development.
Mishue said Metro Water supplies the county outside a handful of utility districts and provided system snapshots during the presentation: he said the water system currently pumps about 10 million gallons per day, the sewer system treats about 50 million gallons per day, and the department operates numerous hydrants and pipe networks (slides shown during the meeting…
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