Drafter
Clerk 10/25/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Regional Wastewater Services Plan conveyance policies, amending Ordinance 13680, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.86.060.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The Regional Wastewater Services Plan ("RWSP"), a supplement to the King County Comprehensive Water Pollution Abatement Plan, was adopted by the King County council in November 1999 by Ordinance 13680 and subsequently codified in K.C.C. chapter 28.86.
2. The RWSP identifies projects and programs needed to provide wastewater capacity for homes and businesses in the wastewater service area through 2030. The RWSP also provides policy direction for the operation and continued development of the wastewater system and its capital improvement program.
3. In 2003, the wastewater treatment division ("WTD") of the King County department of natural resources and parks completed a system-wide regional conveyance-planning program in order to further evaluate and identify conveyance needs through 2030. Since then, significant new flow monitoring and modeling information has been gathered that allows for more accurate projection of wastewater flows. This information, along with information gathered from individual component agencies about population and employment growth rates and land use trends, was used in the effort to update the conveyance system improvement ("CSI") program.
4. County staff shared this information with the metropolitan water pollution abatement advisory committee ("MWPAAC"), whose function is to advise the King County executive and council in matters relating to the performance of the water pollution abatement function, and worked with the engineering and planning subcommittee of MWPAAC to finalize the CSI program update and program recommendations and guidelines.
5. In 2004, MPWAAC made recommendations on prioritization guidelines for phasing conveyance improvements. These guidelines, which were reviewed by the metropolit...

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