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Spring Hill staff proposes temporary halt on new sewer capacity letters amid plant limits
Summary
City staff presented a draft ordinance to temporarily stop issuing water and sewer capacity letters and require on-site alternative treatment for new by-right development while the city expands its water reclamation infrastructure.
Spring Hill Assistant City Manager and Spring Hill Water General Manager Dan Allen told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on June 16 that staff is proposing a draft ordinance to suspend issuance of new water and sewer capacity letters until additional treatment capacity is available.
Allen said the city’s monthly influent flow analysis suggests the water reclamation facility is operating near capacity and that nearly 1,600 residential units currently under construction could add roughly 300,000–385,000 gallons per day of flow over the next 12 months. “We no longer are able to operate as staff to do the things that we feel need that we need to do because we don't have the appropriate authority in place to do it,” Allen said.
The proposed ordinance would: temporarily stop new sewer connections for projects that are not vested; set an outside date for the restriction through Jan. 1, 2030 (or earlier if specified…
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