Penienon wunun konik: weweiti omw bill

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Kinisou ngeni angangen chon Water Bureau me ewe Bureau of Environmental Services, nimeochun konik a puno seni ach taps, ach toilet a tongeni flush, stormwater a puno seni kich, me ach aneen nono a murino seni ekewe ier nomw.
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Kasiwinin non ar kastemer bill epwe poputa non July 2024

Poputa non July 2024, kachunapen momon ren residential sewer, stormwater, me momon konik seni ewe Portland Water Bureau me ewe Bureau of Environmental Services epwe kekita non 6.24% ika ew nefin ren $8.88 iteiten maram faniten kastemerin residential. [Ekoch kastemer repwe kuna watten kekita non ar momon stormwater. Katon ena sopwan me fan ren sopwosopwen porous.]

Ei kekita a fisita seni sopwosopwen otures ren ochunon ach projek non pekin momon infrastruchur, aworen aninis me momon forin konstrak. 

Sia sinei pwun watten nouch bill a wor angeien won nouch kastemer, iwe sia achocho non ach angang ach sipwe ekisatiw ekei kekitan momo nge sopweino ach fori ochunon ach angang won an Portland sewer, stormwater, me tumwunun konik pwun epwe aninisoch ngeni nouch kena nesor me ponon. 

Sopweino ne aneia sopwosopwen porousen met omw bill a meeni, ifa usun an anisi kich ren forin an ach City pekin konik, me ifa usun ach anisuk ne ekisatiw omw bill.  

Ifa usun momon omw stormwater a siwin 

Portland Water Bureau awora an ewe city konikin wun, nge pwan Bureau of Environmental Services awora pekin aninisin sewer me stormwater. Won omw ena kachun bill ren sewer, stormwater, me konik, ka tongeni katon ekei momo ren ew me ew ekei aninis.

Poputa non July 1, 2024, kastemer repwe kuna ekoch ekesiwinin non nour momon sewer me stormwater.Me non ewe 20 ier a no, Environmental Services a wanong watten moni me angang faniten ach pekin aian me tumwunun stormwater.Kasiwinin neenien punon saat, watten projek ren pekin stormwater me ewe Big Pipe Project wewen pwun ikenai sia awora chomong angang me moni faniten pekin stormwater seni pekin sanitari sewer. Wewen pwun Environmental Services epwe siwini ach niwinin momo an epwe ki ngeni ei watten moni mi atufichi ach pekin stormwater.

Nupwen ekoch kastemer repwe kuna chok ekis ekesiwinin non nour momon stormwater me non nour bill, ekoch kastemer repwe kuna watten kekita. 

Fisit ei paich ren tichikin porous ren ekei ekesiwin me pwan ren met ka tongeni esukusuku.

Ia nei moni seni ai bill a no ia?

Pekin konik ese mecheres. Ach sipwe chok awora konikin wun ngeni iteien imwen aramas meinisin mi pesepes ach sipwe watiw 2,200 miles ren paip fanupwun. Tumwunun stormwater me chonungaw mi pesepes ach sipwe awora pwan och 2,500 miles ren paip, fite ngerou rengreen streets, tori 100 neenien pump, ruu neenien enimenimen konik, me chomong acre ren neenien pwakak me aneen konik. Ewe Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant a anganga 28 billion gallon ren chonungaw non chok ewe ier a no.

Me nukun meinisin ekei infrastruchur mi wor 1,300 chon angang otures mi angang 24 awa iteiten ran, 7 ran non ew week, unusen ier ar repwe fori pwun ach pekin konik non city mi tumwunoch, kich mi tongeni onongonong won, me mi chok pupuno.

Pie chart showing how sewer, stormwater, water bill charges are distributed to the water system, sewer system, stormwater system, base charge, and Portland Harbor Superfund

Ena sasing asan mi niosunata ifa usun omw sewer, stormwater, me monien billin konik a anisi ekei pekin angang mi weires. (Namba mi rounduno ren afateochun.)

  • 25% seni omw bill a no ngeni aworen koniken wun, mei pachonong enimenimen konik, tumwunun neenien konik, paip, tank, me hydrants.
  • 33.6% seni omw bill a meeni ewe neenien enimenimen sewer me chonungaw, mei pachonong paip, pump, me neenien enimenimen chonungaw.
  • 25.9% seni omw bill a anisi ewe pekin stormwater, ei a wisen manaichuni konik mi puno seni aan, tencho, neenien park; epeti enimengawen fonu; me ekisatiw punon saat.
  • 15.1% seni omw bill iei ewe momon base, ei a anisi kich ach sipwe awora ekewe aninis ngeni kastemer, billinir, me aneiani ar meterin konik.
  • 0.5% seni omw bill a no ngeni Portland Harbor Superfund, ir ra wisen nimeti ewe neenien Portland Harbor me non Willamette River.

Ifa usun niwinin momo a katowu

Graphic breaking down a $1 bill into 35 cents for operations and maintenance, 34 cents for system improvement projects, 23 cents for loan repayment, and 8 cents for other costs

Iteiten chana seni omw sewer, stormwater, me konik a meeni ekei metoch: 

Forin Angang me Tumwunun Pisek: $0.35

Angangen ewe konikin wun, sanitari sewer, me pekin stormwater mi pesepes epwe fis iteiten, non unusen ier. Niwinin me momon a aninis ren momon angang me tumwunun pisekin an ewe city paip, konik, neenien enimenimen chonungaw, reservoirs me tumwunun neenien konik, hydrants, aninisin kastemer, oponuweta onuk, neenien anen punon konik, ionen konik, tumwunun pwang, me neenien enimenimen neeniach. Ekei angang ouchea ra tumwunu an konikin wun epwe tumwnoch, sopweino angangen enimenimen chonungaw an epwe sopwosopwono, me manaichuni stormwater ne ekisatiw fisefisen punon saat me fori ochunon konik.

Projek ren ochunon ach kewe system: $0.34

Manip ew seni unungat an Portland publik paipen sewer me stormwater a 80 ierin. Ekei projek ren ochunon ekei system seni me ruu ewe Water Bureau me Environmental Services ra fori ika siwini paip a mes, fori ochun, me aninis ne tumwunu aramas, neeni, me fonuwach.

Aninisin momon loan: $0.23

Aninisin momon loan nge ew pekin monsefanin ach minafon me wesinon projek, awewe as ewe Big Pipe Project, ekoch foforin angang a ataino ekewe punon sewer mi tori ewe Williamette River me Columbia Slough.

Pwan ekoch momo: $0.08

Ekoch momo mi pesepes ren ach angang mi pachonong:

  • Amweet ngeni ewe Rate Stabilization Account; ekei nge moni mi imwuno faniten keukun kekitan momon capital.
  • Momon ngeni ewe General Fund faniten aninisin City of Portland
  • Momon Utility laisen
  • Momon ren penson me bond
  • Portland Harbor Superfund 

Ifa usun ach angang faniten epwe kekitw momon

Pokiten kich ew infrastruchur bureau, chomong ach momo iteiten ier mi for me no ngeni momon angang me tumwunun ach pekin konik, aworen monien ochunon ach angang, me monsefanin niwinimang mi anisi kich ne kut momon ach minafon projek. Wewen pwun nupwen sia fori ach ototen budget iteiten ier, sia kuta ach sipwe nonopok ren nesor me ponon won met ach nipwakingaw won ach pekin konik ikenai me non neeniach.

Nupwen sia otei ach watten projek, sia akomw anomwu ach pekin monien aninis me amwokutu met mi wor nupwen sia nit pwun epwe fisioch me meekis niwinin momon non ewe ier. Nupwen sia wanong monien projek mi ouchea awewe ren ewe Secondary Treatment Expansion Program ika ewe Bull Run Treatment Projects, sia pwan kuta aneen ach sipwe safini monien, awewe ren kuten monien federal me ewe Water Bureau epwe suk faiten Bull Run Filtration Project ei sia estimatini pwe epwe safini ngen nouch kastemer ukukun $247 million, ew watten kekitwen momo faniten ew projek mi ouchea.

Nupwen sia fori ekei sopwosopwonon ochun angang ngeni ach pekin konik sia nukuchar non ach anukunuk ngeni nounoun moni seni nouch kastemer.

Ifa usun noumw chana a anisi ochunon ach pekin konik

ewe Secondary Treatment Expansion Program seni Environmental Services
ewe Secondary Treatment Expansion Program seni Environmental Services

Ewe projek ewe a Water Bureau me Environmental Services awora monien a anuku pwun epwe tumwunoch me sopwe tongeni onongonong won an Portland sewer, stormwater, me pekin konik non ekei ier epwe feito.

  • Ewe Bull Run Filtration Project, a emwen meren Water Bureau, nge ew minafon neenien enimenimen konik mi ouchea faniten ach sipwe oponuweta pesepesen federal me state ren onukun konikin wun me wawu meningawen microorganism Cryptosporidium seni ach neenien konik. Epwe pwan tumwnu ach pekin konikin wun seni ekoch metoch mi tongeni angawono, mei pachonong ren pwunopwunen af.
  • The Secondary Treatment Expansion Program, emwen meren Environmental Services, iei ewe watten ochunon ngeni ach neenien enimenimen chonungaw seni non 1970s. Ekei angangoch epwe anapono pochokunen ach kewe plant, tumwunu ach konik, me awora neeni mi tumwunoch ngenir chon angang.

Ren ekei projek, sia awora monien an epwe pochokun me tumwunoch an Portland pekin konik non ena 100 ier epwe feito. Sia fori ekoch infrastruchur esapw tano ren afeiengaw awewe ren chochun fonu, pwunopwunen af, me angeien siwinin asepwan. Wewen pwun non ekena ier epwe feito chon Portland ra tongeni kini namoten ei pekin aninisin konik mi murino usun chok ach aia ikenai. 

Aninis ne manaichini omw bill

Amasow ngeni aninisin moni

Sia awora ekoch aneen ar kastemer repwe manaichini nour bill. Ika mi weires ngonuk omw kopwe meeni omw bill, fisit ach ena paich ren ainisin moni kopwe amasow ngeni aninis me kaieo sopwosowpwen aninis me finata, me pachonong discounten bill me ototen momo.

Ekisino non ei ier, sipwe pwan poputani ena pilot prokram epwe automatik ne ekisatiw ar kastemer bill ika ir mi kuna weiresin moni. Kaieo ifa usun ach ewe Smart Discount Prokram a tongeni anisi aramas ar repwe naf ne meeni nour bill  ren portland.gov/water/smartdiscount.

Manaichuni omw konik

Ekisatiw omw aian konik iei ew aneen omw kopwe safini noumw moni won omw bill. Ach ewe prokramen aia ochun konik mi awora sokopaten pisekin aninis me rebate epwe anisuk me ekisatiw omw aian konik me met mi puno ngeni 

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