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Pasco reviews water and sewer rate scenarios and high connection fees; developers warn of housing cost impacts
Summary
Staff presented water/sewer rate scenarios tied to Butterfield plant replacement and connection-fee options; maximum calculated fees for a typical single-family meter could be about $6,148 (water) and $4,354 (sewer), and council raised affordability and development-construction-cost concerns.
Director Sarah briefed the council on water and sewer rate scenarios and maximum-calculated connection fees tied to capacity expansion for the Butterfield Water Treatment Plant replacement.
She said accelerated replacement scenarios would produce larger short-term rate increases (examples shown: a 20.75% first-year increase under one accelerated scenario) while a phased three-stage replacement would change the pace of those increases. Staff explained that connection…
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