Rawlins outlines $48.5 million water system needs; secured grants total about $3.64 million
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City Manager Tom reviewed a recently completed water master plan that identifies roughly $48.5 million in needed water system projects; the city has secured about $3.637 million in grant funding, including a $2.3 million Wyoming Water Development Commission award for the transmission line.
City Manager Tom told the Rawlins City Council that the city's water master plan lists about $48,500,000 in transmission, storage and treatment projects. "Between the two (priority tiers), you can see the total right now is estimated at 48,500,000," Tom said.
Tom explained that priority 1 projects total just under $30,000,000 and include transmission-line repairs, water storage at the tank farm, and SCADA upgrades; priority 2 projects total roughly $18,000,800. He said the city had secured approximately $3.637 million in grant awards to date, including a $2,300,000 grant from the Wyoming Water Development Commission for the transmission line, a $1,000,000 allocation for SCADA work, and ARPA-awarded funds for spring boxes.
Why it matters: Tom said the system generates about $3,000,000 in annual revenue but that replacing the full scope of planned projects will require loans, substantial grant-seeking, and multiple years of effort. "We're gonna have to go get loans and grants and everything that we can possibly do to get there," he said.
Ending: Tom said staff will present more detailed project-level schedules and funding plans in future meetings; the discussion flagged a multi-year capital funding challenge for council and staff.