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Decatur staff outline $242 million water and wastewater bond plan, multi‑year schedule
Summary
City engineers and finance staff presented a $242 million plan of water and wastewater capital projects — including a new wastewater plant, gravity sewer lines, water-plant expansion and legacy-plant rehabilitations — with a multi-year design, permitting and construction schedule targeting spring 2029 operations.
City staff told council members that Decatur will need a major multi-year capital program to serve growth on the city’s north side and to expand drinking-water and wastewater treatment capacity.
Andrew Simonson, who briefed council on the projects and costs, described four principal elements: a new wastewater plant on a north-side greenfield site to reduce reliance on lift stations and relieve the legacy plant; approximately five miles of gravity sewer ranging roughly from 24-inch to 12-inch pipe to convey flow to the new plant; rehabilitation and minor expansion of the existing wastewater plant to address recurring rain-related…
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