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• • 80th and Hardeson Road Regional Detention Pond. Along with the capital improvements for drainage/surface water management, Utilities has implemented a very successful program of community involvement, education and sampling. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW ABATEMENT Everett's first sewage collection system, built in North Everett, was designed to collect both sewage and storm runoff and transport the collected waste into the Snohomish River or Port Gardner. In 1959, the City installed an interceptor to divert the wastewater to Smith Island and the recently constructed sewer lagoons. The original interceptor was designed to transport normal sewage flows and light storm runoff. When moderate or heavy storm water runoff occurred, the excess runoff - combined with sewage - was diverted into the river. In 1986, the State required cities with combined sewer overflows to develop plans to control the overflow. In 1987 the City submitted a CSO control plan to the State which was approved the following year. After approval of the CSO control plan by the State, the City applied for both a grant and a loan from EPA. EPA approved a $15.2 million loan from the State Revolving Fund, interest free for five years, and a $1 .32 million grant. This money is being used for two projects, the Snohomish River CSO Interceptor Project and the North Snohomish River CSO Project, both of which are expected to be completed in late spring of 1993. When completed, these two projects will control about 85% of the City's overflow making ours the most successful CSO control program in the State. Utilities anticipates that by the end of the decade the State will require construction of the Port Gardner Bay CSO Control Projects. Utilities is in the planning stage for this eventuality and this proposal will help to build the cash reserves needed to fund additional CSO projects. SOUTH END INTERCEPTOR The need for an expanded South End Interceptor was originally identified in the 201 Facility Plan which was completed in 1980. By 1988, flows from South Everett to North Everett in the existing interceptor had reached a level that indicated a new interceptor would be needed in the near future. In 1989, design began and the location for the interceptor was chosen from among four alternatives. Construction began in June of '91 and will be completed by April of '92. The City's share of the South End Interceptor cost is estimated to be $7 million, paid from the 1988 bond issue and user fees. WPCF FUNDING ('88 BONDS) In 1988, Utilities issued water and sewer revenue and refunding bonds in a principal amount of $48,000,000 These bonds were issued in part to pay the City's share of the Water Pollution Control Facility construction, the rest Page 2