Capital Improvement

LOTT invests in capital projects, to help preserve and protect public health, the environment, and water resources while providing wastewater management and reclaimed water production services for the urbanized area of north Thurston County. LOTT's current facilities include a central treatment plant, two reclaimed water plants, three pump stations, and miles of major interceptor sewer lines.

Asset Management

The Asset Management Program includes long-range planning, life-cycle costing, proactive operations and maintenance, and capital replacement plans based on cost-benefit analyses. The use of Asset Management protects valuable facilities and extends financial resources by:

• Making sure components are protected from premature failure through proper operations and maintenance
• Facilitating proactive capital improvement planning and implementation over longer cycles to reduce overall costs
• Reducing the cost of new or planned investments through economic evaluation of options using life-cycle costing and value engineering
• Focusing attention on results by clearly defining responsibility, accountability, and reporting requirements within the organization

Capital Budget and Capital Improvements Plan

The Capital Budget and Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) is updated annually based on system performance measurements, predicted capacity needs, equipment replacement and system improvement needs. Click on the image above to view the current Capital Budget and CIP, or visit our Library web page to view documents from previous years.

Operating Budget

The Wastewater Resource Management Plan, also referred to as the "Highly Managed Plan," called for the development of new facilities to accommodate growth on a "just in time" basis rather than build one large plant at a tremendous up-front cost. This concept relied on the steady development of smaller satellite reclaimed water plants to add capacity to the system. This method of providing for new capacity comes with the recognition that staff is needed to carry out the constant state of planning and development. From land acquisition and negotiation – to flow monitoring and planning – to engineering and construction, the Highly Managed Plan requires a significant investment in staff costs. Thus, while the Operating Budget has increased to accommodate this increased responsibility over the last few years, the LOTT Board has sought to ensure that there were corresponding reductions in costs paid to contractors or consultants, even while recognizing that increased cost comes with system expansion.