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Riverbank hears progress report on $124 million recycled water project; funding still pending
Summary
City consultants updated the Riverbank City Council on design, permitting and funding progress for the Riverbank Regional Recycled Water Project, which has an estimated midpoint construction cost of about $124 million. Major grant and loan decisions from FEMA and the State Water Resources Control Board remain unresolved.
Neil Colwell, program manager for the Riverbank Regional Recycled Water Project, told the Riverbank City Council on the evening the city’s 30% design is complete and that Brown and Caldwell is advancing 60% design work expected by mid-2025.
The project would expand the city’s existing pond-based wastewater treatment to produce and distribute recycled water for agricultural and other beneficial uses, and add treatment processes intended to reduce nutrients such as nitrogen. Colwell said the current midpoint construction estimate used for financing applications is about $124,000,000.
“The 30% design brought forward additional process elements, including a grit removal stage, reevaluated tertiary filters and revised biosolids handling,” Colwell said, describing how new elements aim to improve efficiency and longevity. He said the 60% design will…
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