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Council approves viability study for sanitary authority despite concerns over criteria
Summary
Depoe Bay accepted a no-cost viability study to evaluate a sanitary authority as an option for wastewater management; several councilors warned the study's criteria favor a joint sanitary district and requested edits, including lengthening a 5-year benchmark and adding capacity and redundancy concerns.
The Depoe Bay City Council agreed to let alignment partners run a no-cost "viability" study to evaluate whether a sanitary authority could be a feasible wastewater option, but multiple councilors voiced concern the study's evaluation criteria are biased toward a joint sanitary district outcome.
Council members said the study's current criteria emphasize collection and conveyance capacity and a five-year implementation benchmark…
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