During the April 24, 2026 strategic planning workshop, the Public Works Director outlined major long-term water system needs, including a redundant transmission main, rising wholesale water costs, and future PFAS treatment requirements. He noted that a water rate study is already underway to evaluate funding options for these anticipated expenses. This signals that Goose Creek is actively planning for substantial water infrastructure and treatment investments over the next several years, using the rate study to determine how to finance them. Vendors in utility rate consulting, PFAS treatment technologies, transmission main design/construction, and asset management can engage early around the rate study’s findings and help Public Works sequence and deliver the capital program that will follow.

Discussion ties into the city’s long-range financial forecast, with stress beginning around 2032 and...