File #: RWQC2025-01    Version:
Type: RWQC Resolution Status: Passed
File created: In control: Regional Water Quality Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/16/2025
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A RESOLUTION declaring the regional water quality committee's support of the wastewater treatment division's scoping document for updating the regional wastewater services plan update.
Indexes: Wastewater, Water
Attachments: 1. A. Scoping Document for Updating the Regional Wastewater Services Plan Revised 1-16-2025, 2. A. Regional Wastewater Services Plan Update Scoping Document, 3. 2025-01_Warren Amendment bar, 4. RWQC2025-01_SR, 5. RWQC2025-01 ATT1, 6. RWQC2025-01_ATT2_SCOPE_Redline, 7. RWQC2025-01_ATT1A_Jan16_Scope_Warren, 8. RWQC2025-01_ATT1A_Jan16_Scope_Warren_TRACK_CHANGES, 9. RWQC2025-01_ATT1A_Jan16_Scope_Warren, 10. RWQC2025-01_ATT1A_Jan16_Scope_Warren_TRACK_CHANGES
Staff: Giambattista, Jenny
Drafter
Clerk 01/17/2025
title
A RESOLUTION declaring the regional water quality committee's support of the wastewater treatment division's scoping document for updating the regional wastewater services plan update.
Body
WHEREAS, the regional water quality committee recognizes the critical importance of maintaining and enhancing its wastewater utility services to ensure public health, environmental protection, and operational efficiency, and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive long-range plan for wastewater services is essential to effectively address current and future needs, including infrastructure improvements, regulatory compliance, affordability of long-term rates and sustainable practices, and
WHEREAS, the council adopted the Regional Wastewater Services Plan ("the RWSP") in November 1999 through Ordinance 13680, subsequently codified as part of K.C.C. chapter 28.86, and
WHEREAS, the RWSP identifies projects and programs needed to provide wastewater treatment capacity for homes and businesses in the wastewater treatment division service area through 2030, and
WHEREAS, the RWSP provides policy direction for the operation and continued development of the wastewater system, the wastewater treatment division capital improvement program, financial policies to guide forecasting, budgeting, and debt financing, and revenue to support the implementation of the RWSP, and
WHEREAS, the RWSP, a supplement to the King County Comprehensive Water Pollution Abatement Plan originally adopted by the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, serves as the primary framework for guiding the future of the county's wastewater utility and regional infrastructure, and
WHEREAS, the RWSP should be updated and the associated policies in K.C.C. chapter 28.84, Water Pollution Abatement, and K.C.C. chapter 28.86, Wastewater Treatment, should be examined to ensure investments in the wastewater system continue to improve water quality, ensure system performance, and to mitigate the impact of in...

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