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December 1, 1999

$1.2 billion sewage plan clears King County Council

SEATTLE (AP) -- A $1.2 billion metropolitan area sewage plan includes construction of a third treatment plant has been approved by the King County Council.

The council voted 10 to 1 Monday to approve the largest sewer line expansion and treatment project in county history.

The new treatment plant would would have a capacity of 36 million gallons a day and be completed by 2010 on a 60-acre site to be located somewhere between Kenmore in north King County and Alderwood Manor in south Snohomish County.

Under the plan, an average household's wholesale sewer rate would be boosted from about $19.10 a month to $19.62 a month over the next 30 years. The wholesale rate is the rate charged to cities and sewer districts, which then add $2 to $15 to ratepayers' monthly bills.

The project was developed over six years, and council approval ends a one-year standoff between Republicans who hold a majority on the panel and County Executive Ron Sims, a Democrat.

The lone dissenting vote was cast by council member Maggi Fimia, a Democrat who represents most of the area where the third plant would be built. She said the plan failed to do enough about sewage overflow problems at the north end of Lake Washington.




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