Drafter
Clerk 5/8/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE establishing rates and charges for the use of the county's metropolitan water pollution abatement facilities by sewage collection entities that do not contract with the county for such service and declaring that the health, safety and welfare of people within the Seattle metropolitan area require that certain entities discharge the sewage they collect to the county's metropolitan water pollution abatement facilities until such time as construction and financing of the capital projects authorized by the regional wastewater services plan are complete.
Body
PREAMBLE:
Pursuant to chapters 36.56 and 35.58 of the Revised Code of Washington ("RCW"), the county owns and operates metropolitan water pollution abatement facilities for the conveyance and treatment of sewage and control of combined sewer overflows that include, but are not limited to, wastewater treatment plants, interceptor and trunk sewers, pumping stations, regulator stations, outfall sewers, storm sewers to divert storm water from sanitary sewers, lands for application of biosolids, property rights, and buildings and other structures (collectively the "Sewer System" or the "System"), all in accordance with the comprehensive plan for metropolitan water pollution abatement, including the regional wastewater services plan (the "RWSP") adopted as a supplement to the comprehensive plan as set forth in K.C.C. 28.86.030.
Long-term service agreements with participating entities (the "Participants") obligate the county to treat and dispose of sewage collected by the Participants. Sewage disposal charges paid by Participants pay the costs of providing sewage treatment, including costs of maintenance and operation of the System and debt service on sewer revenue bonds issued by the county to finance capital costs of the System. The service agreements with most current Participants expire in 2036. For long-term planning purposes and to provide security for sewer r...

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