In the early 1970s, local lakes in Pierce County, Wash., began experiencing water-quality problems. The area faced a moratorium on building, but it never reached that point.The first Utility Local Improvement Districts were put in place across the country in 1970, with funding available through the Clean Water Act. Eventually, ULID 73.1 was passed, which paved the way for the first segments of the municipal sanitary sewer system and a wastewater treatment plant in Pierce County.“A lot of improvements were made at that time,” says Sewer and Water Utility Maintenance and Operations Manager Terry Soden. “We had some initial systems
