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DeKalb City Council hears water system master plan calling for new well, southern transmission loop and generator upgrades
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a Baxter & Woodman water system master plan recommending a new shallow well, a transmission main to serve south-side growth and staged emergency power upgrades; council received the report and staff will return with financing and design steps.
DeKalb City Manager Nicholas and consultants from Baxter & Woodman outlined a water system master plan to the DeKalb City Council on May 12, recommending a new shallow well, a transmission main to extend service and staged emergency power and distribution upgrades to support projected growth.
The plan matters because DeKalb’s recent commercial and industrial growth — and projected future users — will increase daily demand. "In about 10 years... by the most conservative calculation our use would be offset beginning to offset basically what we can pump in a day," City Manager Nicholas said, adding the city should act now rather than wait for higher costs later.
Baxter & Woodman and city staff told the council the study modeled demand by land-use types (residential, light industrial, high-use…
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