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Clean Water Services briefs Sherwood council on permit-driven projects, West Basin plan and upcoming billing study
Summary
Clean Water Services told Sherwood officials the agency is planning for a new watershed-scale NPDES permit, has adopted a West Basin master plan estimating about $1.4 billion in 20-year capital needs, and will study billing and SDC updates in partnership with member cities.
Clean Water Services officials told the Sherwood City Council at a Nov. 4 work session that watershed-scale environmental permits and a newly adopted basin plan will shape major capital work and future rate decisions for residents across the agency’s service area.
"We held the nation's first integrated watershed-based permit," Joe Gall, Clean Water Services’ chief utility relations officer, told the council during a presentation summarizing the agency’s role and near-term priorities. Gall said CWS provides wastewater and stormwater services to roughly 600,000 residents across 12 partner cities and several unincorporated areas of Washington County.
The board of Clean Water Services recently adopted the West Basin master plan, a two-year effort that Gall said identifies about $1,400,000,000 in capital projects over the next 20 years for West Basin treatment facilities and conveyance…
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