# May 13, 2025, Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting


**Body:** City of Port Orchard
**Date:** May 12, 2025
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Energy & Utilities, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure


The City of Port Orchard Sewer Advisory Committee met on May 13, 2025, to review 2025 capital projects and wastewater treatment plant operations. The analytical balance replacement is complete at $8,600 against a $15,000 budget. For the MBR capacity project, two blower quotes came in at $77,000 and $83,000, below the roughly $119,000 budget; staff expect to install the equipment in-house. A compressor exchange for a large blower cost about $19,000, compared with an estimated $97,000 for a replacement. Staff are still seeking aeration-system quotes, while the fine-screen replacement remains in engineering review, with a study expected to conclude in June. Veolia projected delivery of eight additional MBR cassettes as early as October 2025, potentially as late as March 2026; the cassettes are expected to add 800,000 gallons per day of capacity. A replacement pump was purchased and installed but returned for warranty repairs after a seal failure.

Staff also reported that a plant controls-system upgrade remained scheduled for the end of June. After a May 5 fire damaged an older generator, the board approved emergency measures to obtain and connect a backup generator. Repair feasibility and parts availability were still being assessed; staff cited rental costs of about $10,000 per month and a preliminary replacement estimate of roughly $250,000, with no final purchase decision reported. The RV dump facility project was described as costing under $20,000, and gate work was expected to be completed around May 19. No committee procurement vote was recorded; the next meeting was set for September 9 at 3:00 p.m.

**Source:** City of Port Orchard