Reclaimed water comprehensive planning process legislation and decisions

• Refined Strategies
• Data collection and planning assumptions
• Evaluation criteria
• Planning process

Overview of reclaimed water planning process (PDF), approved by the King County Council through Motion 13483 (PDF), schedule updated May 2011

Refined Strategies

On May 31, 2011 the King County Council approved a motion to study and analyze three reclaimed water strategies and develop policies for the potential expansion of the County’s reclaimed water system during Step 4 of the planning process.

• Approved Motion 13483
• Transmittal letter
• Reclaimed Water Strategies, for planning purposes only,
  December 2010 (3.6MB)
• Figure A-1. Redmond/Bear Creek Basin Brightwater Centralized Strategy,
  September 2010 (540KB)
• Figure A-2. Reclaimed Water Skimming or Polishing Decentralized Strategy,
  November 2010 (170KB)
• Figure A-3. Renton/Tukwila South Plant Centralized Strategy,
  September 2010 (590KB)
• The entire legislative package, along with information on its status, can be found on the King County Legistar web site.

Data collection and planning assumptions

On April 20, 2010, the King County Executive approved data collection and planning assumptions to develop conceptual reclaimed water strategies for analysis.

• Step 2 of the Reclaimed Water Comprehensive Plan Planning Process, Summary Report to the King County Executive,
  March 2010 (137KB) 
  This report summarizes the data collection tasks and planning assumptions associated with Step 2 of the planning process.

King County Executive approval of data collection and planning assumptions is a Step 2 decision (PDF).

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Evaluation criteria

On May 3, 2010 the King County Council approved evaluation criteria to assess how serving potential uses for reclaimed water addresses the drivers of the planning process.

• Approved Motion 13211, Evaluation Criteria
  May 3, 2010 (140KB)
• Transmittal Letter,
  Dec. 30, 2009 (177KB)
• The entire legislative package, along with information on its status, can be found on the King County Legistar web site.

King County Council approval of evaluation criteria is a Step 1 decision (PDF).

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Planning process

On December 14, 2009, the King County Council approved the Reclaimed Water Comprehensive Planning process to determine if, how, when, where, and by what funding mechanisms over the next 30 years King County’s reclaimed water program should expand. The King County Council approved a motion to revise the planning process on May 31, 2011.

• Approved Motion 13483, Revised Planning Process
• Approved Motion 13108, Planning Process
  Dec. 16, 2009
• Attachment A: Planning Process
  Revised Dec. 2, 2009 (880KB)
• Transmittal Letter,
  August 25, 2009 (252KB)
• Purpose and Need Statement (refer to library)
  July 2009, updated June 2010 (1.0MB)
• The entire legislative package, along with information on its status, can be found on the King County Legistar web site.

King County Council approval of the planning process is a Step 1 decision (PDF).

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