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Council hears near-$30 million estimate for new Minnetrista water plant; asks staff for options and Feb. 3 follow-up
Summary
At a Jan. 22 Minnetrista City Council work session, city engineers reported design progress and high cost estimates for a proposed water treatment plant and offered lower-cost design options and a pilot test. Councilmembers directed staff to return with refined cost scenarios and household-rate impacts at the Feb. 3 meeting.
At a Jan. 22 Minnetrista City Council work session, city engineers told the council the current 60% design for a new water treatment plant has come in far higher than earlier estimates and that the total program cost could approach $30 million when drilled wells, looping pipe and decommissioning are included.
The presentation by Eric Holder, the consulting engineer for the project, laid out the project site, an updated compact plant footprint and the plant’s intended capacity. “Our team started design last year with the goal of a 2,100-gallon-per-minute plant,” Holder said, and the design includes a large clearwell to give operational flexibility. Holder told the council the firm’s refined estimate for the treatment facility alone is about $26 million to $27 million; adding the wells already contracted (about $1.8 million), piping/looping, decommissioning and other project items pushes the program toward $30 million.
The nut graf: the council focused on whether the design could…
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