What: the end of the City's sanitary sewer rehabilitation program under State consent order 02-397 after more than 30 years.
Where it stands: staff reported on 2026-09-08 that the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality granted full closure effective August 20, 2026, after the City replaced 647,445 linear feet of sewer line, about 228 percent of what was required.
Next: a 15-year program to rehabilitate roughly 125 more miles of deteriorated concrete sewer lines, plus inflow and infiltration work with property owners.
Staff report by the Public Utilities Director: the order began in 1995 over sewer overflows; phases started in 1999, 2005 and 2014. Mayor Booker credited PROPEL funding. Councilman Hooton asked about sources of stormwater in the sewers; about 60 percent of excess flow comes from private-side sources.