Cottonwood sewer capacity and connection fee increase
Shasta County
Summary
The Cottonwood sewer plant is at 77% capacity, and the county wants new connections to pay $28,300 instead of $6,700 to fund a $29 million expansion. Supervisors worried the huge fee could kill development and hurt individual landowners, so they delayed a decision until after budget hearings. Without it, staff warn new development could be banned outright.
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Last discussed Apr 7, 2026.
Impact analysis
New Cottonwood connections would pay $28,300 each — a fee jump that could add tens of thousands to building costs — while the plant expansion itself is projected at $29 million.
Future Cottonwood residents and developers who'd get sewer capacity to build — plus existing users whose rates currently absorb expansion debt.
Anyone wanting to build in Cottonwood would face a fee more than four times the current one, and current landowners still waiting to rebuild could be squeezed.
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