I was looking over the city website and found this notice:
City of Chico Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP)
CAMP FIRE CLEANUP AND LICENSED WASTE HAULER SERVICES
We are accepting gray/domestic wastewater from the responder camps in an effort assist cleanup efforts. Download the permit application and pay the application fee.
Trip tickets, bill of lading or manifest containing the Waste Origin, Volume, Company Name and Truck ID# is required per load discharged at the Plant. Plant property discharge point open Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM-3:30 PM.
Really? Because just this past month Chico Public Works Director Eric Gustafson complained that our sewer system has been overloaded due to Camp Fire evacuees. In February he mentioned a sewer rate increase.
https://chicotaxpayers.com/2019/02/01/city-staff-using-camp-fire-to-justify-sewer-rate-increase/
“‘If those increased flows continue, there will be increased costs, and we will have to go to council for increased funds,’ Gustafson says.
But they have plenty of room for gray water?
Gray water means the water that comes from your shower, washing machine, kitchen sink. In many counties in California, gray water can be set up on a different drainage system from your toilet, and used to irrigate your lawn. When you go to a campground, your dish and shower water go directly on the ground. But city of Chico residents are expected to pay a sewer increase for responder camps?
Please note, there’s an application fee for this discharge. The city is double-ending on this deal!
Write to council at debbie.presson@chicoca.gov and tell them you’re not paying a sewer or a tax increase for this kind of gross mismanagement.
Chico Taxpayers Association 