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Graham council selects engineer for multi-year wastewater overhaul after warning of single-point failure
Summary
The City of Graham approved hiring Freese and Nichols to lead a predesign and master plan to rehabilitate its aging wastewater treatment plant, citing single-point vulnerabilities and an estimated multi‑million dollar eventual project cost.
City Manager Eric said the City Council on Jan. 16 authorized staff to begin contract negotiations with Freese and Nichols to produce an updated wastewater master plan and predesign for a rehabilitation of Graham’s wastewater treatment plant.
City Manager Eric said the plant, built in 1980 with later piecemeal upgrades, depends on a single oxidation ditch that he described as a “single point of failure.” “If this oxidation ditch fails … we can't process sewage in the city, period,” Eric said. He urged the council to move deliberately to avoid further failures while the city designs a longer-term fix.
The city manager outlined three phased project objectives for the predesign…
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