Woodinville Sewer Meeting May 10

Representatives from the City of Woodinville, Woodinville Water District, and King County Health Department will be present at a neighborhood meeting on May 10 to explain current regulations related to sanitary sewers and septic systems in the low density residential area of Woodinville, according to City Manager Richard Leahy. 

The Thursday May 10 meeting will be at  Cafeteria from 6-7 p.m. Leahy said at the Tuesday, May 1 council meeting that he will be moderating the meeting and said it is intended to correct misinformation about forced sewer hook-ups. He added that there will not be any representatives from Phoenix development at the meeting but added that residents will be able to ask how proposed development in the Wellington areas will effect, or will not, effect properties with existing septic systems .

The issue of sewers has become a concern to residents in the R-1 areas of Woodinville near the Brigtwater sewer treatment plant that went online in September of last year. The 114-acre site is located at the intersection of State Route 9 and SR 522, just north of Woodinville in Snohomish County.

The state-of-the-art $1.8 billion project has had its share of construction problems, mostly with the deep-bore drilling of the tunnel that runs 13 miles carrying wastewater to Brightwater, and treated water to the Puget Sound. Some residents fear they will eventually be forced to pay for sewer hook-ups to help the county pay for the bill for Brightwater.

Other residents are concerned that a proposed development in the rural Wellington area, that if approved will be on a sewer system, will force them to abandon their septic systems for sewers.

Despite the Woodinville City Council approving the  temporary moratorium on single-family residential development which exceeds the base zone density, Wood Trails Homes LLC (formerly Phoenix Development LLC) filed an application to build , with lots ranging from 12,000-22,344 square feet (see map) just before the moratorium was to go into effect.

Leahy cautioned at Tuesday’s council meeting that he will not allow only a few people to dominate the discussion at the May 10 meeting.

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