The Sanitary Sewage Water Stinks…

SAWS has paid the City about $340,000,000 each year for the last several years for reimbursement of infrastructure, e.g. road repair.

But SAWS is responsible for fixing roads after it tears them up to work on the water or sewage systems. SAWS has its own pavement team and contracts with companies to fix roads exactly for this purpose. So why is SAWS paying the City for things SAWS is required to fix??

Moreover, CoSA didn’t need the Consent Decree. If SAWS hadn’t mismanaged our assets, we wouldn’t be paying high price consultants and paying lots in fines. It seems that SAWS wanted the Consent Decree! This creates a crises and seems to justify raising rates “to comply with the EPA’s Consent Decree.”

We could have fixed the sewage system by identifying the Sanitary Sewage Overflows (SSO), replacing old pipe problems, and fixing them as needed, which would be much less expensive than fixing a specified area at a time.

Why the cover up? Tax payers and SAWS customers deserve to know.

Please consider contacting the Mayor and City Council to ask them to use the Exit Clause to STOP Vista Ridge and VOTE NO to a SAWS Rate Increase.