Wastewater Service Affordability Analysis Summary
Channel: Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Date: 2023-08-24

How will nutrient upgrades at wastewater treatment plants impact affordability for low-income households? The Wastewater Service Affordability Analysis studied 80 utilities whose service fees will directly or indirectly be impacted by regulatory-required nutrient upgrades. “What we found was that sewer bills take up a surprisingly large portion of household budgets for about 20% of the households in the region,” said Aimee Kinney, a researcher at the Puget Sound Institute and one of the leaders of the study. 

Read the full analysis: bit.ly/nutrientaffordability