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Alpine adopts wastewater asset-management plan after consultant warns of multimillion-dollar backlog
Summary
Council unanimously approved a final wastewater system asset-management plan prepared by Jacob & Martin after a months-long technical review and a lengthy presentation that highlighted aging pipes, manholes and treatment assets and recommended a phased program of condition assessments, targeted repairs, and grant-seeking.
The Alpine City Council on Tuesday approved a final wastewater system asset-management plan that lays out a 10- to 50-year schedule of repairs and replacements for collection and treatment infrastructure and recommends immediate condition assessment work to prioritize projects.
Consultants from Jacob & Martin presented the plan and told council the city faces large, concentrated replacement needs for underground sewer piping and treatment-plant components. “In year 1, [the] need is nearly $9,000,000,” said Andy Busani of Jacob & Martin, summarizing the spreadsheet outputs the firm prepared for Alpine. The plan also recommended targeted inspections and rehabilitation options that could substantially reduce immediate capital needs.
The plan matters because many underground assets—manholes and gravity sewer lines—already exceed expected lifespans in the consultants’ inventory. Busani said a focused condition assessment…
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