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Council authorizes engineering work for OGWS and approves $100,000 for water-rate modeling

Fort Townsend City Council · March 16, 2026
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Council authorized staff to negotiate engineering contracts for the Olympic Gravity Water System and approved a contract with FCS Group not to exceed $100,000 to update retail and raw water rate models, with staff outlining timelines for rates to take effect Jan. 1, 2027.

Fort Townsend councilors authorized two utility-related contracts: staff were given authority to negotiate engineering services to support the Olympic Gravity Water System (OGWS), and the council approved contracting FCS Group to update the city’s retail and raw-water rate models for up to $100,000.

City staff said the OGWS work includes hydraulic modeling, condition assessment and design support for capital improvement plan projects — work prompted by recurring emergency events on aging pipeline sections and a need to confirm hydraulic capacity for an…

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