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City Council approves $8.5 million wastewater maintenance facility at Greenwood
Summary
The City Council approved an $8.5 million construction contract and related funding for a new wastewater maintenance building at the Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant after extended debate about cost, timing and alternatives; staff said the project centralizes equipment, improves preventive maintenance and adds training and safety space.
The City Council approved a construction contract for a new wastewater maintenance building at the Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant after a lengthy discussion about cost and timing.
The vote came after Public Works staff and the water systems infrastructure director, Wesley Nevigan, told council members the 16,218-square-foot facility would centralize storage for pumps, blowers and spare parts, provide two equipment bays and climate-controlled workshop and training space, and support the city’s preventive maintenance program for wastewater assets.
Nevigan said pumps and blowers are now stored outdoors or scattered across sites and that the facility will allow crews to “self perform a lot of the electrical work” and do more fabrication,…
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