Poulsbo receives $10 million for CK Treatment Plant upgrades
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, November 11, 2025
The Washington State Public Works Board has awarded $10 million for Poulsbo’s share of the Central Kitsap Treatment Plant digester upgrade project.
The money from the award will be used for the city to partner with Kitsap County and their ability to make significant progress on the facility expansion project while mitigating the financial burden of future potential rate increases, per a news release. This funding will allow CKTP to make important infrastructure upgrades that will improve regional water quality and continue to accept and treat liquid-hauled waste from across the county.
“This funding from the PWB is a critical need for the city of Poulsbo who has a vested interest in improvements to the CKTP as the city conveys wastewater flows to the plant and is a partner and stakeholder, responsible for 20% of associated operating and capital improvement costs,” Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson said.
“Managing utility rates for our customers is very important and by receiving this low-interest loan, the city will be able to avoid a significant rate increase while still funding critical infrastructure improvements at the CKTP,” Poulsbo Public Works director Diane Lenius said.
The Washington Legislature created the state Public Works Board in 1985. Over the last four decades, the 13-member board has provided more than $3.6 billion to over 2,200 infrastructure projects across the state. The purpose of the board is to encourage self-reliance by local governments in meeting their public works needs and to assist in the financing of critical public works projects by making loans, grants, financing guarantees, and technical assistance available to local governments for these projects, the release concludes.
