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Subcommittee begins review of water service application questions, pretreatment rules and definition of ‘high water user’
Summary
Members asked staff to draft new water service application language to capture hazardous‑material discharges and to consider defining a ‘high water user’ threshold; staff agreed to bring recommended changes back in March and to fold the work into the long‑term water management planning process.
The subcommittee opened a multiissue discussion on amending the city’s water service application and related water policy to better identify hazardous discharges into the sewer system and to define a threshold for “high water users.”
Chairperson and members cited a past development agreement with an industrial user who discharged fluoride and required the city to filter wastewater; the subcommittee said it wanted clearer visibility up front to avoid shifting treatment costs to residents. Staff presented background on the city’s existing pretreatment program and cited City code 2.10.44 as the…
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