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Board approves capital funding to replace aging UV system at wastewater plant
Summary
Directors authorized use of capital funds to engineer and replace the wastewater plant’s ultraviolet disinfection system after staff described repeated failures, fire risk and mounting maintenance costs; staff estimated design and construction costs around $1.3 million.
PUEBLO WEST — The Board of Directors approved a resolution April 14 to use capital funds to design and replace the wastewater treatment plant’s aging ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system after staff described safety and compliance risks.
Deputy Director of Utilities Operations Robert Bannum told the board the district’s existing UV system, installed about 2001, has suffered repeated mechanical failures and has caught fire on multiple occasions. Bannum said the system currently operates in a bypass…
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