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Utilities brief flags PFAS assessment, lead-line work and state drinking-water fee
Summary
Utilities Director reported new state requirements to assess PFAS, a multi-year lead service-line identification project, SCADA and meter upgrades, and noted a new state drinking-water fee that will affect enterprise funds.
Utilities Director Obe Tejada outlined water and sewer enterprise priorities, telling the council the department must comply with new state requirements to assess for polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) and continue a multi-year effort to identify lead in water service lines. Tejada also described planned SCADA upgrades, meter-reading base stations, backflow-prevention inspections and a new state drinking-water fee.
Tejada said crews are addressing ongoing sewer odor issues, inspecting sewer holes and cleaning mains. City Manager Michael Black separately warned that the water infrastructure bond funds are nearly exhausted and that further capital work will require new funding sources or bonding.
