Editing Leavenworth, Washington (section)

===Utilities===

[[Electric power]] in Leavenworth and surrounding communities is provided by [[Chelan County Public Utility District]], a nonprofit municipal corporation which serves the entire county.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunn |first=Ian |date=January 23, 2014 |title=Chelan County PUD to compensate city $30,000 for tax collection mistakes |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/chelan-county-pud-to-compensate-city-30000-for-tax-collection-mistakes,63484 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> Over 80&nbsp;percent of the utility's electricity is sourced from [[hydroelectric dam]]s.<ref>{{cite report |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Washington Electric Utility 2023 Fuel Mix Disclosure Report |page=10 |url=https://www.commerce.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CY2022-Energy-Washington-State-Electric-Utility-Fuel-Mix-Disclosure-Report-with-Utility-Fuel-Mix-Summary.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Commerce]] |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref>

The Leavenworth city government provides [[tap water]] to over 1,404 residential and commercial customers with an estimated annual use of {{convert|320|e6gal|e9L|abbr=off}}.<ref name="WaterPlan">{{cite report |author=Varela Engineering and Management |date=February 2018 |title=Water System Plan |pages=1–5, 13 |url=https://cityofleavenworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2018-Water-System-Plan-final.pdf |publisher=City of Leavenworth |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> Its primary source is [[Icicle Creek]], which originates in the Cascades near [[Stevens Pass]] and also serves a federal [[fish hatchery]] and nearby orchards.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stang |first=John |date=September 15, 2015 |title=The search for peace on Icicle Creek |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/2015/09/the-search-for-peace-on-icicle-creek |work=[[Crosscut.com]] |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chasan |first=Daniel Jack |date=July 17, 2016 |title=Orchards, wilderness, a mountain town: Who gets the water? |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/2016/07/orchards-wilderness-a-mountain-town-who-gets-the-water |work=Crosscut.com |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> The city's use of Icicle Creek was the subject of a decade-long dispute with the [[Washington State Department of Ecology]] and conservationists that was settled in 2023 with a revised water rights agreement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Worthen |first=Kalie |date=December 22, 2023 |title=Department of Ecology, Leavenworth reach settlement over Icicle Creek Basin water rights |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/department-of-ecology-leavenworth-reach-settlement-over-icicle-creek-basin-water-rights/article_d0054a26-9e0d-11ee-a32e-f3b7538e4a94.html |work=The Wenatchee World |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> Leavenworth also sources a portion of its tap water from three [[well]]s near the Wenatchee River that were constructed from 1989 to 2014.<ref name="WaterPlan"/>

All curbside collection of [[municipal solid waste|garbage]], [[single-stream recycling|recycling]], and [[yard waste]] has been contracted by the city government to [[Waste Management (company)|Waste Management]] since 2019. Prior to the agreement, Waste Management only collected recycling while the city government disposed of garbage.<ref>{{cite news |last=Drago |first=Kalie |date=January 14, 2019 |title=The city prepares to transition trash service |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/the-city-prepares-to-transition-trash-service,54188 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref>