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Council hears update on emergency wastewater work; city preparing $20 million industrial-treatment bid
Summary
City staff reported emergency repairs and creation of a temporary disposal pond at the Gonzales wastewater treatment plant, presented costs to date, and said the city will advertise a roughly $20 million industrial wastewater treatment facility contract for bid.
City public works and engineering staff told the Gonzales City Council on Jan. 14 that emergency work at the wastewater treatment plant completed in December addressed unusually high groundwater and increased industrial discharges, and that staff expect to return Jan. 21 with a recommendation to accept the emergency work as complete.
Staff said high groundwater from recent storms, releases from the Nacimiento dam and two local processors exceeding their industrial wastewater allocations combined to overwhelm existing disposal beds. The city engaged a…
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