Editing Chehalis, Washington (section)

====Water====
The City of Chehalis Water Division is responsible for clean drinking water, including water treatment and operations, and maintains reservoirs and tanks for a storage capacity of over 6.7 million gallons.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Chehalis Water Division |url=https://www.ci.chehalis.wa.us/publicworks/water-division |website=ci.chehalis.wa.us |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215954/https://www.ci.chehalis.wa.us/publicworks/water-division |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="COCAWQ2022"/> The primary source for water is the [[Newaukum River#North Fork|North Fork]] of the Newaukum River, which the city is allowed to draw, as of 2023, two-thousand acre feet per year (3.1 million gallons per day).<ref name="CCCRN">{{cite news |last1=Sexton |first1=Owen |title=Chehalis City Council Roundup: New LeMay Contract Brings Rate Increases, Noise Complaints at Theater and Tax Clarification |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-city-council-roundup-new-lemay-contract-brings-rate-increases-noise-complaints-at,304561 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=December 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="COCAWQ2022">{{cite web |title=City of Chehalis Annual Water Quality Report 2022 |url=https://www.ci.chehalis.wa.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/public_works/page/6479/2023_ccr.pdf |website=City of Chehalis |access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref> The Chehalis River is a secondary source, with the city allowed to siphon 1 million gallons daily.<ref name="COCAWQ2022"/> [[Flouridation]] of the water supply began in 1951.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exner Carries Reward Fight To Top Washington Court |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/utah/ogden/ogden-standard-examiner/1957/04-14/page-10 |access-date=October 2, 2024 |work=[[Standard-Examiner|Ogden Standard-Examiner]] |agency=[[UPI]] |date=April 14, 1957 |page=10A}}</ref>

In the 21st century, water-use efficiency programs, required by the [[Washington State Department of Health]] (DOH), reached a goal to reduce water use by 25,000 gallons daily and introduced an additional goal of a 3% reduction during summer. Based on a 2024 water system plan, also required by DOH, Chehalis oversees {{convert|577,000|ft|m|1}} of water lines, supplying {{convert|5,800|USgal}} per minute to 3,800 connections. With new water lines built in the southern portion of the city limits in 2023 and 2024, the city has adequate water supply until 2040. {{As of|2024}}, the city's water treatment facilities, built in 1961, provide 4.8 million gallons of water per day and is expected to be of sufficient use until 2036.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sexton |first1=Owen |title=Chehalis city staff, consultants give presentation detailing updated water system plan draft; Bishop Road loop project complete |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-city-staff-consultants-give-presentation-detailing-updated-water-system-plan-draft,332785 |access-date=February 13, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>