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Lawmakers back $8 million study to inventory wastewater and stormwater systems, build statewide asset dashboards
Summary
Lawmakers voted to sponsor a bill to fund an $8 million expansion of DEQ’s drinking‑water asset management pilot so it also covers wastewater and stormwater infrastructure statewide and builds online dashboards.
The Select Water joint committee voted to sponsor a draft that would authorize an $8 million appropriation to complete a statewide inventory and develop online asset management dashboards for public wastewater and stormwater systems.
DEQ Water Quality Administrator Jennifer Zigmund told lawmakers the department has piloted asset management plans for six communities and recommends extending the approach to all public drinking‑water systems and to wastewater and stormwater at the same time. The state currently has roughly 412 public drinking‑water systems and an estimated 200 wastewater…
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