Utilities Archives

Comprehensive Sewer Plan Update

Project Overview The City is beginning the process of updating the Comprehensive Sewer Plan. The Comprehensive Sewer Plan Project (EU203) aims to identify deficiencies and opportunities for improvements to support the City’s continued commitment to maintaining our sewer infrastructure. This plan will guide long‑term wastewater system planning and future capital investments. Throughout the planning process, ... Read more

Lower Squalicum Water Quality Retrofits

Project Overview The City is improving stormwater treatment along Squalicum Way, a major truck route that runs along Squalicum Creek. Right now, rainwater runoff (or stormwater) from the road flows directly into the creek over land or through a pipe without treatment. The creek is identified as an impaired water body on the Department of ... Read more

McKenzie Street – Contaminated Site Cleanup Project

Background The site at 210 McKenzie Street, next to the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, is reserved for the facility’s long-term future expansion. Existing buildings on the site currently support maintenance and operations for the treatment plant. This property has a long history of soil and groundwater contamination. Since purchasing the site in 2006, the City has ... Read more

Post Point Emission Control Upgrades

Project Overview The Emission Control Upgrades Project (EU199) aims to enhance air quality controls for the incinerators at the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. This facility provides wastewater treatment services for the City of Bellingham through a series of advanced processes. Here, we treat and disinfect the liquid effluent before discharging it into Bellingham Bay. ... Read more

Raw Water Intake Rehabilitation Project

The City will rehabilitate the Raw Water Intake pipe (Project EW241) located in Lake Whatcom. This submerged pipe, constructed from wood staves and secured with carbon steel bands, plays a critical role in supplying water to the Water Treatment Plant. As part of the project, crews will reinforce the pipe by adding new stainless steel ... Read more

Lower Padden Creek Water Quality Improvements

Project Overview The City has received a design grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology to help improve water quality in the lower Padden Creek watershed. This project will redirect stormwater runoff from a 1,000-foot section of Bill McDonald Parkway, which currently flows untreated into Padden Creek. Instead, the runoff will be routed to ... Read more