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Lewiston water system needs multimillion-dollar projects; council weighs rate design options
Summary
Public Works Director Dustin Johnson described pressing capital needs for Lewiston’s water system, including reservoir recoating, a water intake and transmission work, and presented council options to adjust base meter charges and consumption rates to avoid burning reserves.
Lewiston City Council members on May 30 received a broad overview of the city’s water utility challenges and several rate options from Public Works Director Dustin Johnson.
Johnson said the city faces a multi‑million‑dollar list of projects — including recoating two steel reservoirs, upgrading the water treatment plant intake, and replacing a transmission line — while carrying limited reserves. He said the city has used consultant FCS to model rate scenarios and that the council must decide how to split future revenue between the base (meter) charge and the consumption charge.
The nut of the issue: the water enterprise is “tight,” Johnson said, and staff estimate the budget plan that applies a modest overall revenue increase will still…
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