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City seeks underwater inspection contract after corrosion and sedimentation discovered at wastewater outfall
Summary
Public works staff told the council they will negotiate a contract with a diving firm to investigate a corroded 1985 wastewater outfall on the Spokane River and that the work will be presented for consent at a future meeting; the system currently meets discharge needs but several diffusers are buried or missing.
Coeur d'Alene — Wastewater staff informed the council that the city’s primary treated-effluent outfall, constructed in 1985, shows corrosion and sedimentation that have left some diffuser risers buried or missing and that staff plan to negotiate a contract with a specialized diving firm to gather more information for engineering recommendations.
Mike Becker, who presented the staff report, said the outfall is a 30-inch diameter pipe with 10 diffusers and diffuser boots intended to disperse treated effluent into the Spokane River. A 2022 drone inspection and subsequent engineering review showed roughly half the diffusers appear above the…
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