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Santa Clara staff propose lower sewer conveyance rates, tighten wet‑weather criteria in 2025 master plan update
Summary
City of Santa Clara Public Works presented a 2025 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan update that tightens deficiency criteria for wet‑weather surcharge and a conveyance-fee nexus study recommending lower residential and nonresidential rates and a shift to a square‑foot assessment for residences, with council consideration targeted for Dec. 9.
City of Santa Clara Public Works staff on Nov. 7 presented the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan update and a conveyance‑fee nexus study that would reduce most developer fees and change how residential fees are assessed.
Craig Temple, project manager for Public Works’ design division, said the study recommends revising the residential fee to $1.14 per square foot and setting the nonresidential rate at $6.34 per gallon per day. “We’re proposing, based on the study, the fee study of rates that are reductions of anywhere from 26 to 78% from the existing fees,” Temple said. He gave an example that an 800‑square‑foot high‑density unit would pay about $912 under the proposal compared with a cited current fee of roughly $4,000.
The update expands the hydraulic model from the trunk sewer system to an all‑pipes model, incorporating recent land‑use data and recalibration based on a…
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