Sammamish to study taking over water district
November 10, 2010
New: Nov. 10, 10:29 a.m.
Sammamish residents pay taxes that fund a team of 24 full-time and 21 seasonal public works employees that clean storm drains to prevent flooding and design and repair roads, bike lanes and sidewalks.
Through their water bill, a majority of those residents also pay for 51 water and sewer employees that maintain hundreds of miles of pipe and an assortment of pumps and wells responsible for water coming out of faucets and going down toilets smoothly.
Could one group do both jobs just as well or better for the same price or less? Read more
