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Public works briefs council on 2024 Comprehensive Sewer Plan; staff warns of mandated CSO work and potential rate impacts
Summary
City staff told the council the 2024 Comprehensive Sewer Plan identifies 35 near-term and 36 long-term sewer projects (including Port Gardner CSO work) required by state regulators; staff warned the mandated projects, combined with construction-cost inflation, will push utility rates higher and outlined financing options and timing for project scheduling.
Public Works staff presented the 2024 Comprehensive Sewer Plan in a lengthy briefing Dec. 10, describing a multiyear planning process, system analysis and a prioritized list of capital improvements required across a 10- and 20-year horizon.
Amy Campbell (senior engineer, utility engineering) and Ryan Sause (Public Works) said Ecology approved the plan and that the plan integrates recent studies (treatment facility facility plan, CSO control plan) and nine months of temporary flow monitoring. The plan identifies 35 near-term and 36 long-term projects that include pipeline replacement, lift-station upgrades, storage vaults…
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