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Santa Barbara Water Commission approves business-case study, awards SLIP contract to GHD
Summary
The Water Commission approved staff’s recommendation to hire GHD to perform a business-case analysis of the Sewer Lateral Inspection Program (SLIP). Commissioners discussed program performance, next steps, and possible enforcement tools; the motion passed unanimously on a roll-call vote.
The Santa Barbara Water Commission voted to award a professional-services contract to consultant GHD to prepare a business-case analysis for the city’s Sewer Lateral Inspection Program (SLIP), commissioners confirmed after a presentation on program performance and next steps.
The business case award will fund a consultant review of alternative program approaches — including legal authority, financing options such as liens, and enforcement pathways — to reduce private-side sewer lateral defects that cause public wastewater spills, staff said.
City staff described SLIP as a continuing challenge because it asks private property owners to make repairs on infrastructure that affects public wastewater collection. Dakota Corey, water supply and services manager (filling in), told commissioners: “SLIP is a challenging program in that we're asking private…
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