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Dade City wastewater capacity drives East Pasco planning discussions
Summary
At the Pasco County East County Cities workshop, city and county officials warned that Dade City's wastewater treatment system will need expansion or replacement as developers reserve plant capacity and growth accelerates; county staff said they are committed to partnership and exploring funding and regulatory options.
Dade City leaders and Pasco County officials on Sept. 10 focused on mounting wastewater and regional water‑use challenges on the East Side as growth accelerates.
"We've been talking about, a sewer issue ... we feel as a county that we need to step up and whether and hopefully ask that they'd say to be a partner with us or we'll take it all along and you can get the service of that," Pasco County Chairman O'Keefe said during the East County Cities workshop, summarizing the problem of capacity and developer reservations for treatment plant capacity.
Leslie Porter, Dade City's city manager,…
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