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Environmental services presents FY27 budget; launches island compost pilot and low‑income sewer credit
Summary
Department of Environmental Services director Roger Babcock told the Budget Committee that DES’s FY27 operating budget is $464.9 million and described new programs including a curbside food-waste pilot (GROW) starting April 1, a CARES sewer-bill credit program launching in May, and a $1.5M EV refuse‑truck pilot.
The Department of Environmental Services outlined its FY27 operating and capital priorities on March 12, saying the department’s proposed operating budget totals $464,900,000 and that the CIP will fund dozens of solid-waste and wastewater projects islandwide.
“Rain or shine, 24/7, 365, we take care of the city and county’s waste,” Director Roger Babcock said, summarizing DES operations and the department’s infrastructure footprint, which includes nine treatment plants, roughly 2,000 miles of pipelines and 71 pump stations. He told the committee the department treats about 100,000,000 gallons of sewage per day and handles millions of tons of refuse annually.
Babcock described several near-term and pilot programs that staff said they expect to launch in FY27. The GROW pilot, a curbside program to collect food waste in green compost carts, is slated to begin April 1 in five communities and expand toward islandwide curbside service around October. DES said the program aims to divert a…
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