Regional Recycled Water Project spending
Summary
The council split on whether to keep paying for design work on the estimated $136 million recycled water plant while a feasibility study of cheaper alternatives is underway. Residents flooded public comment saying sewer rates are already unaffordable.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jan 13, 2026.
Impact analysis
The approved KSN contract takes $84,440 from Sewer Fund 106; the denied Brown and Caldwell order would have taken another $138,475.
Ratepayers could see roughly $14 million trimmed from the plant's cost if value engineering savings hold.
Sewer customers already facing rate increases worry they're funding a project the city may never build.
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