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Middleton outlines $140 million wastewater upgrade, warns of multi‑year rate increases
Summary
City staff presented a phased wastewater treatment plan to meet new TMDL limits, estimating roughly $140 million in capital needs and a proposed $64 million bond; officials said connection and impact‑fee revenue plus borrowing will shape multi‑year rate increases and timing for expansions.
Middleton city staff and outside consultants on Thursday laid out a phased plan to upgrade the city’s wastewater treatment system to meet state and federal water‑quality requirements and to accommodate projected growth.
Public works director Jason Van Gilder told the council the city’s current plant can handle a little over 8,000 connections and that the initial phase of the new plant would raise capacity to roughly 9,500–10,000 connections. “We are now at 8,000 today,” Van Gilder said as he explained the demand side. He said high‑end growth projections used in prior plans could push the system toward roughly 14,000 connections — roughly 40,000 people — but that the city is planning incrementally so expansions…
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