

EnviroIssues helped the City of Carnation make wastewater infrastructure a reality. Carnation partnered with King County to build a wastewater treatment plant and sewer system connections throughout the city. EnviroIssues provided on-the-ground community relations support including strategizing with the contractor and city to distribute information to all affected properties – both residential and commercial. We provided advance information of construction activity to ensure needs were met and staffed of a 24-hour construction hotline for inquiries and concerns.

EnviroIssues helped the Idaho State Department of Environmental Quality
establish dialogue among water users, environmental groups, and local, state
and federal government entities in developing Idaho's water body assessment
process. We facilitated educational workshops on the Water Body Assessment
Guidance, Idaho Stream Ecological Assessment Framework, and Idaho River
Ecological Assessment Framework,
and solicited public input about the assessment process.

A thirteen-member independent review panel was convened by a Portland City Commissioner to address tough questions about pending federal drinking water regulations and public safety issues of open drinking water reservoirs. Covering the historic, heavily used Mt. Tabor Reservoirs in a well-loved city park raised substantial public concern. EnviroIssues developed the panel's decision-making process, facilitated meetings, and provided administrative support for the independent review panel. Recommendations were forwarded to the City Council after a streamlined 90-day deliberation process, resulting in prompt action.