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By NATALIE JOHNSON
As the Shelton City Com-
mission considers adding a
reclaimed water service to
its utilities, city staffis urg-
ing the commission to think
purple - purple pipes, that
is.
"This is a reusable re-
source that requires estab-
lishing a new service, a new
service area and some rates
that will encourage the use
of this resource. This re-
source can replace potable
water for almost anything
except for drinking," re-
gional project manager
Dennis McDonald said at
the city commission meet-
ing Monday.
Water. reclaimed from
wastewater at the Shelton
Satellite Water Reclama-
tion Plant is not potable,
or deemed safe for human
consumption, so it has to,
be transported separately
in purple pipes which, as
McDonald demonstrated
during the city commission
meeting Monday, actually
are a light purple color.
City commissioners
considered an ordinance
during a public hearing
at Monday's commission
meeting which would set up
the reclaimed water service
as part of its sewer utility.
The ordinance suggests
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that rates for the reclaimed
water would cost 50 per-
cent of the cost of the city's
drinkable water.
To be eligible to get re-
claimed water under the
proposed ordinance, a cus-
tomer has to be within the
defined service area in the
northeast corner of Shel-
ton and the Urban Growth
Area near the Department
of Corrections and State
Patrol Academy.
A potential customer
would also need to be con-
nected to the city's sewer
system and have their re-
claimed water metered, as
well as install the purple
pipes to keep the reclaimed
water separate from drink-
ing water.
Because the water is not
deemed safe for drinking by
the Departments of Ecology
of Health, customers must
also submit their proposed
uses for the reclaimed wa-
ter.
Appropriate uses in-
clude irrigation, cleaning,
fire suppression and toilet
flushing among others. If
a customer did not com-
ply with the terms of their
contract with the city, and
went "off spec," service
could be shut off.
"I'm proud to say our
operator has been able
to operate that facility ...
It's been a year and three
months and it has never
gone off spec," McDonald
said.
City staff also said that
in the event that the supply
of wastewater decreases or
demand for reclaimed wa-
ter increases, the city can-
not guarantee the supply of
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Dennis McDonald, the city's regional project
manager, shows off a piece of the purple pipe
used to transport reclaimed water, a service
the city is considering providing under its
sewer utility.
reclaimed water, and will
supply potable water in its
place.
The purple pipes are
just like any other PVC
pipe and just happen to be
colored purple, McDonald
said. Similarly, sewer lines
have green pipe and water
lines have blue pipe.
Whether or not the city
passes the ordinance that
will create the new portion
of the city's sewer utility,
the Department of Correc-
tions and the State Patrol
Academy will still have
use of the reclaimed water,
since they helped fund the
project to create the treat-
ment plant and have al-
ready signed agreements
for the water with the city.
Creating the new section
of the sewer utility allows
other customers in the ser-
vice area to hook up to the
city's reclaimed water, Mc-
Donald said.
Several members of the
public asked the commis-
sion how safe the reclaimed
water really is.
McDonald said that ac-
cording to Ecology and the
Department of Health the
water is absolutely safe for
everything but drinking.
In response to another
public comment, city eco-
nomic and community de-
velopment director Steve
Goins said that regular
water ratepayers would not
subsidize the reclaimed wa-
ter customers' rates in the
event that reclaimed water
supplies dwindle and need
to be supplemented by po-
table water.
Goins said that if re-
claimed water customers
are supplied extra potable
water, they will be charged
for it.
The commission will re-
view and possibly vote on
the ordinance next week.
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