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Gonzales advances industrial wastewater conveyance; treatment plant bidding underway
Summary
Council received a program update on the city's industrial and municipal wastewater projects: SRF loan secured, pipeline construction underway (35% complete), treatment facility out to bid, and an emergency infiltration basin already operational.
The Gonzales City Council heard a detailed update on the city's wastewater capital program, including progress on the industrial wastewater conveyance pipeline and the start of bidding for an industrial wastewater treatment facility.
The presentation said the city secured a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan to finance the project and has already started construction on the conveyance pipeline that will feed the new industrial treatment plant. Megan Panofsky, program manager with M and S Engineers, told the council, "We are actually at 6,200 linear feet of pipeline installed and 6 manholes," and said the contractor began work Nov. 4 and is tracking for early completion in May on a contract that runs to June.
Why it matters: the project creates a separate industrial wastewater conveyance and treatment capacity intended to protect the municipal system and meet regulatory requirements. City staff said construction staging, cash flow from SRF disbursements and temporary construction…
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