Whatcom House · Post Point, south of Fairhaven, Bellingham

Post Point: Bellingham's sewer plant

Quick answers

Follow a flush: step by step

    The plant and the bay: tap a number

    City aerial photo, 2022, of Post Point, the lagoon, Marine Park and Bellingham Bay
    Aerial photo 2022: City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, EagleView. Grey: no photo over open water.

    The numbers

    The air pollution upgrade: the estimate as it moved ($ millions)

    The digester plan that was stopped: estimates ($ millions)

    Average single-family bill a month, all City water utilities

    The City's comparison, Nov 2025: burn or landfill ($ millions, capital + operations)

    "$30 million in 2025": three numbers, three different things

    The plant in 2008 and 2022

    City aerial photo, 2008: Post Point with five round tanks City aerial photo, 2022: Post Point with six round tanks
    20082022

    Drag across the photo. Five round tanks in 2008, six by 2016: the 2012-2014 upgrade added a fourth tank for the bacteria step and new air-fed basins.

    Aerial photos: City of Bellingham GIS (2008, 2022).

    From 1974 to the next plan

      In their words

      Where the money goes

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