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Engineers present $53 million-plus maintenance and upgrade plan for Soledad Water Reclamation Facility
Summary
Black & Veatch engineers told the City Council that Soledad’s Water Reclamation Facility needs a program of repairs and upgrades—headworks, overflow storage, secondary-process and solids-handling work—estimated roughly at $53–54 million, and recommended phasing and funding options.
Public works staff and engineering consultant Black & Veatch presented the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) assessment and recommendations for capital projects to improve reliability, regulatory compliance, safety and energy efficiency. Don Wilcox, Public Works director, outlined the purpose: to identify capital needs, support a rate study, and help the city plan projects necessary to maintain Title 22 effluent quality and support the city’s recycled-water conveyance project.
Ashu and Phil from Black & Veatch summarized findings: the plant’s mechanical equipment—installed roughly 15 years ago—faces end-of-life and corrosive-environment…
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