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Seaford approves sewer impact and tap-fee increases to help pay for $47M wastewater plant expansion
Summary
Council approved a schedule that raises sewer impact fees and revises tap fees to fund a planned $47 million wastewater treatment plant expansion that increases capacity from 2 million to 3 million gallons; staff estimates per-EDU impact costs and projected county revenue increases under the new rates.
Seaford City Council on Nov. 11 approved revised sewer impact fees and an amended fee-and-rate schedule intended to fund debt service for a planned $47 million wastewater treatment plant expansion.
Director of Public Works Burley Mears presented the scope: an expansion from a 2,000,000-gallon to a 3,000,000-gallon facility (an increase of about 1,550,000 gallons, roughly 6,200 equivalent dwelling units by the calculation used). Mears described the capital allocation calculations that produced a per-EDU share of…
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