Heber City nears phase one completion of $49 million Central Heber water and sewer replacement project

Matt Brower, Heber City manager, told attendees at a regional Sewer Summit that Heber City is wrapping up phase one of a six-year, $49 million project to replace water, sewer and pressurized irrigation lines in Central Heber. "This was a Herculean lift, and we are close to completing phase 1," Brower said.

The work covers roughly 120 blocks in the historic central district east of Highway 40 and targets the oldest, most failure-prone infrastructure. Brower said much of the sewer network dates to before 1953 and many water mains were installed before 1977; staff documented more than 100 water breaks between 2018 and 2020, concentrated downtown, and city water loss that reached about 20 percent.

The project scope and funding were shaped by a multi-year scoping and data-collection process that included sewer-line video inspections, contractor consultations and rolling cost updates during design. Brower said staff videoed about 55,000 linear feet of sewer on Heber’s east side and another 36,000 feet on the west side to help prioritize replacements. The city decided to focus first on a roughly 60-block East Side area and phased construction across four seasons, beginning in 2022.

Heber will replace about 50,000 linear feet of…