Mill’s year-by-year water usage charges, 1928-2020 This chart shows year-by-year from 1928-2020, how much the City charged Port Townsend Paper for full use of the Olympic Gravity Water System and unlimited, unmetered water. It is based on the four leases, 1928, 1944, 1956 and 1983, between the City of Port Townsend and the mill. Technically, the mill has never been charged …
Zero. That’s how much Port Townsend Paper has paid to the City since 1985 — the past 35 years! — for approximately 400,000,000 (400 million) gallons of water monthly plus use of the water system infrastructure, according to the terms of their contract with the City dated Apil 1, 1956 and on December 31, 1983, extended …