Category Archives: Wastewater
Monroe Park
I somehow missed this excellent letter on KeysNet.com. It was published on Friday. The state law requiring advanced wastewater treatment puts the onus on the property owner not the local wastewater utility. In other words, it is the property owner who is required … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Employment
Let’s start with a few facts. The wastewater projects are, by far, the largest infrastructure project the Keys has going – $800 million. The wastewater projects in the unincorporated area will cost around $500 million. The two main wastewater utilities … Continue reading
More Good News!
Updated to include a link to the judge’s ruling. Yay! The swap agreement between Monroe County and the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) cleared another hurdle today. The bond validation hearing went smoothly. Four years after I raised the funding … Continue reading
One Week From Today
My understanding is that the bond validation hearing will take place on December 10, one week from today. The bond validation hearing is the next step in putting the swap agreement into action. The swap agreement will allow for the … Continue reading
The Sewer District and the Streisand Effect
Have you ever heard of the Streisand effect? From Wikipedia: The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated … Continue reading
Dysfunction at the District?
The media has certainly made note of ongoing tension at the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) lately. I haven’t paid much attention until recently. I assumed it was the same garden variety fussing and fighting they’ve always been up to.
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No Name Key
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) discussed the technical issues associated with providing a low pressure sewer system to homes on No Name Key that are not tied into the electric grid. There are additional costs associated with … Continue reading
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November Agenda Is Out
The agenda for the November Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting is up. Of course, there’s more wastewater spending. There’s an item to provide connections to soon-to-be-developed properties. That’s estimated to cost about $2.5 million now and another $5.6 … Continue reading
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De-tangling the Rhetoric – Assessments and Rates
The county administrator has described the wastewater funding situation as a “quagmire“. The truth is it’s really not that difficult. Calculating the disparity is a matter of simple arithmetic. If you can add, subtract, multiply and divide you can figure … Continue reading
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Today in the Blue Paper
It’s Blue Paper Friday again! Some good articles as usual.
The Real Poop 