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Skagit PUD outlines new campus, water-right transfers, and energy-recovery project benefiting Mount Vernon schools
Summary
Skagit PUD General Manager George Sidhu updated the Mount Vernon City Council on a new administrative building and community room, seasonal water-right transfers to irrigators, energy-recovery microturbines that will save the Mount Vernon School District about $26,000 annually, and upcoming pipeline replacement projects.
Skagit Public Utility District told the Mount Vernon City Council it has moved into a new administrative building, plans to lease vacated space to the Mount Vernon School District, is temporarily transferring water rights to local irrigators during low-flow months, and has installed an energy-recovery valve that will generate electricity for a nearby school.
George Sidhu, general manager of Skagit PUD, said the utility moved its administrative staff into a new building on Freeway Drive two months ago and will open a new community meeting space, the “Aqua Room,” for nonprofit use beginning in July. He said PUD staff are in discussions to lease part of the older facility to the Mount…
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