Chelan County PUD 1

Sustain existing water and sewage services? BENEFITS: ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY INVESTMENT: ten to twenty dollars MILLION Rural drinking water and sewer devices are costly to run. Continuing to offer these types of services at inexpensive rates could need up to $1 million yearly, paid for as a benefit of public electrical power. But customers getting services aren’t the sole ones who benefit. Quality infrastructure creates development possible found in remote areas, which usually boosts the economy. And everybody benefits from solution water flowing into our lakes and rivers. When your PUD continue these types of services? Expand solutions to promote prudent development planning? BENEFITS: ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY INVESTMENT: $20-50 MILLION Population development can either be prepared or unplanned, as well as your PUD could have a task in enabling wise planning. Sewer solutions are necessary for urban-density development, which can help stop sprawl. Extension from the city of Wenatchee’s sewer system into the Sunnyslope area is necessary to aid planned urban advancement. In all likelihood, these solutions will not be able to spend on themselves. But specific their economic and environmental benefits towards the county, should the PUD consider investing in these types of services as a benefit of public electric power? Transfer services to other entities to allow regionalization? BENEFITS: PUD EFFICIENCY INVESTMENT: ten to twenty dollars MILLION Transferring solutions to other organizations is one substitute for sustaining or growing current services. 1 benefits could be it might allow for mixed regional systems, which usually typically can be managed with fewer staff and equipment. Having no service features in this area could make hard for the PUD to respond to long term needs, but will make public power benefits available for other reasons. Fund improvements intended for surface water top quality? BENEFITS: ENVIRONMENT EXPENSE: $5-10 MILLION Cured water from sewage systems flows into the environment. The PUD is required to clean this kind of water to a degree, but we could exceed it. One example would be to develop (or regrow) plants along shorelines, which supplies additional treatment and filtration and also enhances wildlife habitat. This approach could benefit the Peshastin region, where population development and resulting improved wastewater flows will certainly someday exceed the ability of the existing treatment system that secretions directly to the Wenatchee River. © Chelan County PUD two of 15 MODIFIED 02/13/2015 Lend cash for water and wastewater infrastructure? REWARDS: ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT EXPENSE: $10-100 MILLION Low-interest financing for general public entities has become hard to find, making it difficult to account infrastructure projects. The PUD could set up a self-sustaining revolving mortgage fund available to general public entities in Chelan County for drinking water, sewer or water sources projects. Recipients might repay the financial loans with interest. Since PUDs are not suppliers, this option would likely need partnerships and will be subject to a feasibility study..

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