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Erie outlines multiyear water treatment plan, warns rate study and debt timing will be needed
Summary
Utilities director presented a multiyear plan to build a redundant North Water Treatment Facility and two storage tanks; staff said the project will be phased over several years, likely debt-funded, and recommended more frequent rate studies to align revenues with large capital costs.
Todd Wesserman, utilities director, told council the utilities program is planning major multiyear capital work including a redundant North Water Treatment Facility to treat Boulder Creek water, new water storage tanks and other system upgrades.
Wesserman said the initial phase will be expensive and that staff have been planning the plant for years. "This first phase of this plant is very expensive," he said, describing the approach to build…
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