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Salem Lakes board directs staff to pursue GO promissory note to fund $2M lift-station rebuilds as Clean Water Fund funding remains uncertain
Summary
Engineers described reconstruction of three aging lift stations and recommended above-ground valve vaults to reduce confined-space risks. Village finance advisers said Clean Water Fund loan money was not currently available; the board directed staff to pursue a 20-year general obligation promissory note unless state funding materializes.
Brandon Foss of the engineering firm hired to design upgrades described a plan to reconstruct lift stations 201 and 203 and to replace valves at 208. The existing stations are roughly 46 years old and use below-grade valve chambers that require confined-space entry. Foss said the project will reuse concrete wet wells while upgrading to submersible pumps and adding above-ground valve vaults and emergency generators to improve safety and maintainability.
"Eliminating the need for confined space entry into the underground vaults significantly reduces the risk of accidents and injuries,"…
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