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Prescott Valley targets older neighborhoods with low‑cost fire hydrant installs; tougher locations could cost up to $500,000 each
Summary
Utilities staff described a multi‑year fire hydrant installation program focused on older residential areas with undersized mains; the town has installed about 40 hydrants in four years and plans further installations using a roughly $150,000 annual budget for low‑cost sites, while more complex upgrades could cost substantially more.
Neil Wadsworth, town utilities staff, introduced a fire hydrant installation program that focuses on older residential neighborhoods where water mains are undersized or hydrants are widely spaced.
Andrew Powell, utilities engineer, reviewed the system maps and constraints, saying the town’s older central neighborhoods frequently have 4‑inch and smaller mains that “do not meet fire flow standards” and are often located in rear public utility easements that are not accessible in emergencies. Powell said the town has installed about 40 new hydrants during the last four years, funded with “an approximate budget of…
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