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City outlines Hamilton Enterprise Park water-system upgrade: booster station, hydro tanks and grant funding
Summary
Staff described a plan to add a redundant booster pumping station and five 30,000-gallon hydro pneumatic tanks at Hamilton Enterprise Park to ensure adequate pressure and fire flow; $5 million in ODOT infrastructure grant funds and $3 million in Butler County ARPA were cited as retained funding, equipment delivery expected in 2026.
City staff updated council on a multi-year project to improve water reliability and fire-flow capacity for Hamilton Enterprise Park and nearby facilities.
Joy Rodenberg, senior project manager, said the original plan for an elevated water tank proved infeasible because of aviation elevations near the airport, which would have lowered operating pressure for nearby industrial and medical facilities. Engineering recommended a different approach: a packaged booster pumping station on Gateway Avenue, paired with hydro pneumatic tanks to provide redundancy and steady pressure under fire-flow conditions.
Rodenberg said the project will include a new booster pumping station (a second source of supply beyond the existing Gilmore Road/Tylersville Road booster) and five hydro pneumatic tanks of roughly 30,000 gallons each. The project design will use appearance treatments so the station blends with nearby apartment complexes, she said.
Rodenberg told council the city received a $5,000,000 water and wastewater infrastructure grant via the Ohio Department of Development and a $3,000,000 ARPA subaward through Butler County; both funders have agreed to keep the awards. However, due to grant expiration dates and current equipment delivery lead times, the city will competitively procure equipment now for installation when deliveries arrive, which Rodenberg said is expected in 2026. After the new Gateway booster is operational, the plan calls for replacing the existing Gilmore booster station.
The update was presented as an informational briefing; no council vote was recorded on the project at the meeting.
