Real estate development is a complicated process. PWSA strives to be a good partner in this process by keeping an open communication line with all the region’s development entities. To help potential applicants understand how to get water and sewer service, we provide an extensive Developer’s Manual. The manual outlines our rules, regulations, and processes. Every year, it is updated to ensure that it includes the latest policies and best practices.

In January 2021, we created an internal working group with our cross-departmental Development Services team (check our February Digging Into Development article to learn more) to update the 2021 manual. After much deliberation and consideration, we completed the revisions on March 15th. To ensure that the updates addressed some of our development community’s most pressing concerns, we held an open invitation Developer’s Roundtable event on March 17th.

The event included a brief overview of our proposed changes and solicited feedback from the attendees. Based on the conversations, we will add clarifying language to some sections of the manual and consider making changes to our processes. We want to take this time to thank the participants for the lively discussion. We value your feedback!

Now that the roundtable is completed, we will circulate a draft for review by internal staff. Once approved, we will submit the final draft for approval at the April 23rd Board Meeting. After board approval, we will add the manual and the list of updates to our website.

Do you want to be involved in our next development services event? Send an email to our Development Coordinator, Jordan Treaster, at jtreaster@pgh2o.com to be added to our email list or visit our events page to see what’s coming up!