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Board authorizes $1.395 million loan for Powder Mountain water filtration and pipeline upgrades
Summary
The Utah Board of Water Resources authorized a 77% cost-share loan up to $1,395,000 for Powder Mountain Water and Sewer Improvement District to add filtration for two sources and to replace undersized transmission lines to increase capacity and prevent freezing failures.
The Utah Board of Water Resources authorized a funding package for the Powder Mountain Water and Sewer Improvement District to upgrade treatment and transmission lines serving the Powder Mountain area in Weber County.
Ani Baynard (presenting for staff) described a project serving about 150 year-round connections and four pressure zones. The district has four sources (Bloomington Well, Hidden Lake Well, Cobab Well and Pitzel Springs No. 3); Cobab Well and Pitzel Springs have been offline since 2016 because of bacterial contamination and must be treated before returning to service, the presenter said. The project includes installing a filtration and treatment system at Booster Pump Station 2 (expanding the building to house treatment and a new generator), replacing roughly 1,200 feet of undersized transmission main with insulated 8–10 inch PVC buried to about 7 feet to prevent freezing, and other related work.
Staff recommended board authorization of 77% of project costs up to $1,395,000 as bonded indebtedness at 3.33% interest over 30 years with annual payments of about $78,000 including reserves. Roy Watts, district manager for Powder Mountain, told the board the district appreciates the board’s prior assistance and called the upgrades critical to finish the renovation of an aging system.
A board motion to authorize the staff recommendation was made and seconded on the record; the motion passed unanimously.
Ending: Staff said the funding will be used to bring two offline sources back into service (after required treatment), improve fireflow capacity, reduce winter breaks and support long-term system reliability.
