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CBU clarifies rule allowing targeted sewer extensions outside city limits for economic development

City of Bloomington Utilities Utility Services Board · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Utilities Director Catherine Zager told the board that a January update to CBU rules (section 24.2) permits sewer extensions outside Bloomington city limits only for developments designated by the city's economic and sustainable development office as strategic economic development sites; the change excludes residential development and aims to support job creation and wage growth.

Catherine Zager, utilities director for City of Bloomington Utilities, told the board on March 9 that an update to rules and regulations (section 24.2) approved Jan. 29 adds a narrowly defined allowance for CBU to consider sewer extensions outside the city limits for specific economic development projects.

"It's really just adding a... circumstance where we would allow for sewer extension outside of city limits very specifically for development that's been…

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