SUBJECTS PUBLIC WORKS
Sewer Utility
Updated 07/08
Sewer Utilities
Contents
- Statutes
- Administrative
- Finance
- Sewer Rates
- Planning
- Regulatory Provisions
- Information Resources
- MRSC Related files
Statutes
- Chapter 35.67 RCW - Sewerage Systems -- Refuse Collection and Disposal
- Chapter 36.94 RCW - Sewerage, water, and Drainage systems
- Title 54 RCW - Public Utility Districts
- Title 57 RCW - Water-Sewer Districts
- Ch. 70.95B RCW - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants -- Operators.
- Title 87 RCW - Irrigation Districts
- Section 87.03.015 RCW - Certain powers of district enumerated.
- Water Quality Rules - Department of Ecology
- On-site Wastewater Regulations Currently in Effect - Washington State Department of Health, Office of Shell Fish and Water Protection (Effective July 1, 2007)
Administrative
- Utility Billing and Collection Issues - MRSC
- Criteria for Sewage Works Design - "The Orange Book," Department of Ecology, 1998
- Permits - Point Source Pollution - Washington State Department of Ecology
Finance
- Sewer and Storm Water Conservation and Efficiency Loans - MRSC
- Water Quality Grants and Loans - Washington State Department of Ecology
- Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Funding Sources (
56 KB), 2006-2008 Varela & Associates (Spokane)
Sewer Rates
- Bainbridge Island Sewer Utility Rate Study: Findings & Recommendations (PPT) presented by Financial Consulting Solutions Group, Inc., August 2005
- Enumclaw Sewer Utility Rate Facts and FAQ - Information about sewer rate increase
- Lake Forest Park Sewer Utility Rate Study Results (PPT) presented vy Financial Consulting Solutions Group, February 2005
- AWC Tax and User Fee Survey - The Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Tax and User Fee Survey is a voluntary survey conducted every two years that collects local tax rate and fee data from Washington's cities and towns. The Current Survey is 2006, Part IV - Water, Sewer and Stormwater Fees
Planning - Comprehensive Sewer/Wastewater Plans
- Planning for Sewer/Wastewater Systems
- King County System Planning
- Kitsap County Wastewater Infrastructure Taskforce (WIT) - Discusses the planning, funding and construction of sewer infrastructure within the urban growth areas (UGAs), as well as prepare policy recommendations and technical documents for implementation.
- Lake Forest Park Sanitary Sewer System Expansion (2006-08)
- Comprehensive Sewer/Wastewater Plans
- Issaquah Sewer System Plan
- Lynnwood Wastewater Comprehensive Plan Volume 1 (
9.5 MB)
- Kennewick Sewer System Plan (
2.8 MB), 1996
- King County Regional Wastewater Services Plan (RWSP)
- Pierce County - Unified Sewer Plan
- Sammamish Plateau Wastewater Comprehensive Plan - October 2003 Draft Approved for Distribution
- Spokane - Six Year Comprehensive Sewer Program 2004-09
- Spokane County - Comprehensive Wastewater Plan (
14 MB)
- Sequim Wastewater Comprehensive Plan, Appendix 17 of 2005 Comprehensive Plan (Scroll down) - 2006 Comprehensive Plan Update, Final - Adopted 8/28/06
Regulatory Provisions
- Comprehensive Water and Sewer Code Provisions - MRSC
- Greasetraps and Interceptors Code Provisions - MRSC
- Side Sewer Repair Policies
- Auburn Maintenance Responsibility for Side Sewers Within Public Right Of Way and Easements (
161 KB), Public Works Policies and Procedures, No. 500-3, September 2001
- Carnation Sewer System Project - See side sewer components
- Centralia Municipal Code Section 15.10.110 - Side sewers and connections.
- Kent Municipal Code Section 7.04.230 - Side sewer construction must comply with chapter
- Mercer Island Single Family Side Sewer Standards (
132 KB)
- Seattle Side Sewer Program - Department of Planning and Development
- Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 21.16 - Side Sewers
- Side Sewer Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement (SMC 21.16.210 And 21.26.260)
- SeaTac Municipal Code Section 12.05.010 - Side sewer work and connections
- Auburn Maintenance Responsibility for Side Sewers Within Public Right Of Way and Easements (
Information Resources
- Wastewater Management - Environmental Protection Agency
- National Environmental Service Center, West Virginia University Wastewater and Onsite Systems Programs - includes National Small Flows Clearinghouse
- Wastewater Operator Certification Program - Washington State Department of Ecology
- Journals
- PennWell Corporation - WaterWorld Magazine, Industrial WaterWorld and Water & Wastewater International - an online news and technology source serving engineers, managers, and consultants in the Water/Wastewater Industry Worldwide
- Water and Wastes Digest
- Organizations
- Wastewater Providers in Addition to Cities and Towns
- List of Water-Sewer Districts
- Counties
- Cowlitz County Public Works Water and Sewer
- Grays Harbor Utilities and Development Division
- King County Wastewater Treatment Division
- Kitsap County Wastewater Division
- Pierce County Sewer and Water Utility
- Spokane County Public Works Utilities
- Thurston County Water and Sewer Service
- Yakima County Utilities
- Other Special Districts Providing Sewer Services

