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Council authorizes final design for Clear Creek forcemain and pump station improvements after repeated pipe failures
Summary
Council authorized staff to proceed with final design of a project to replace about 2,500 feet of 20-inch forcemain, add air release valves and a bypass vault after multiple failures and DNR abatement orders; estimated cost is $1.5 million funded by sewer enterprise revenue funds.
The Columbia City Council on Feb. 3 authorized staff to proceed with final design of the Clear Creek Forcemain and Pump Station improvement project after staff outlined a history of failures and state enforcement actions.
David Sorel, the city’s director of utilities, told the council that the affected section of 20-inch force main—about 2,500 feet on the system’s lowest portion—was improperly designed and constructed when installed in 2010–11. The utility has experienced six pipe failures on that…
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