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Council committee accepts Bull Run Treatment Projects 2025 annual report; staff warn schedule, appeals and land-use constraints threaten costs
Summary
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to forward the Bull Run Treatment Projects 2025 Annual Report to full council with a recommendation to accept, as bureau leaders outlined construction progress and emerging schedule and cost risks.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to forward the Bull Run Treatment Projects 2025 Annual Report to full council with a recommendation to accept, as bureau leaders outlined construction progress, project scope and emerging schedule and cost risks on Oct. 6.
David Peters, engineering manager for the Water Bureau, summarized the program as three linked projects: a drinking-water filtration facility with the capability to treat approximately 135,000,000 gallons (facility sizing cited by staff), about seven miles of new pipelines to connect the facility to the existing system, and a completed corrosion-control facility that began operation in 2022.
Peters said the corrosion control work has already reduced lead exposure, noting the treatment "has significantly reduced lead at the tap for customers who have lead solder in their private plumbing" and that lead levels are now "well below the EPA's proposed lower regulatory level for lead in…
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