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Water & Resource Recovery Center requests investments to reduce odors and improve reliability; sewer rates proposed up 9%
Summary
WRRC Director Deron Muehring presented a FY2027 budget that includes a proposed 9% sewer rate increase, multi-year investments for odor control (chemicals, digester cleaning, instrumentation), a $1.38M redundancy equipment allocation, and a multi-year industrial controls upgrade through 2029.
Deron Muehring, director of the Water & Resource Recovery Center, presented the facility’s FY2027 budget and a multi-faceted strategy to improve process reliability and reduce odor impacts while meeting permit requirements.
Muehring summarized the utility and staff structure: the center treats about 7 million gallons per day (roughly 2.5 billion gallons per year) and employs about 17.7 full-time equivalents. He described five initiative areas for FY27: reliable treatment/process performance, physical equipment reliability and redundancy, workforce training and safety,…
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