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Public Services director outlines 2024 accomplishments and 2025 priorities, flags staffing and permitting constraints
Summary
Yakima County Public Services highlighted a state grant to test private wells, flood‑risk Gap‑to‑Gap pilot channels, landfill upgrades, an April migration to a new permitting system, and chronic difficulties recruiting engineers and a utilities manager.
Public Services Director Lisa (last name not provided) told the Yakima County commissioners on Feb. 10 that 2024 included several notable accomplishments — a state‑funded safe drinking water initiative in the Lower Yakima Valley, progress on the Yakima River Gap‑to‑Gap flood‑risk pilot channels, and required landfill upgrades — while 2025 priorities center on implementing the new permitting platform, meeting state permitting timelines and addressing long‑standing staffing shortages.
On the Lower Yakima Valley groundwater management area, Lisa said a 2023 state appropriation of about $850,000 funded a 2024 outreach and well‑testing campaign targeting roughly 5,600 private and shared wells. She said county teams and extra‑help…
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