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North Augusta details wastewater and pump-station upgrades tied to federal/state grants
Summary
Public works staff outlined progress on a multi-year wastewater rehabilitation program funded in part by a rural infrastructure grant and ARPA, plus lift-station and pump-station upgrades required for service reliability.
Public services director James Sutton and City Administrator Jim Clifford updated the council on multi-year wastewater and water infrastructure work, including a project funded by the Rural Infrastructure Authority using ARPA money and other grants.
Sutton said the city received a $7,600,000 grant in 2022 to rehabilitate critical interceptor piping and manholes. The work selected the most critical lines in the collection system: roughly 20,000 feet of pipe and about 120 manholes. Sutton said the system carries about 1,250,000 gallons per day on average to the county public service authority.
Sutton and Clifford described an ongoing $4,700,000 contract (project cost cited by staff) covering substantial pipe rehabilitation, and said work has generated change orders that allowed the city to add additional 8-inch pipe rehabilitation work in Crestland and Bunting and Summerfield subdivisions. Clifford said the city set aside $300,000 as a potential match to secure additional grant funding; staff expect the added scope to proceed with approvals and to meet grant deadlines with work complete by June 1, 2026.
Sutton also discussed replacement of aging lift-station equipment at Carolina Springs (originally installed in the 1950s) and a Claypit Road pump station project intended to preserve water pressure across the city. Clifford said the new pump apparatus for Claypit Road was delivered recently and that installation work should allow the pump station to be operational by Labor Day weekend.
Council members asked about schedules and funding. Sutton said crews and contractors are proceeding and that one major rehab contract came in under estimate, allowing added scope. Clifford and Sutton said one timeline constraint is grant deadlines tied to the Rural Infrastructure Authority and state requirements, and they emphasized that some work requires one or more change orders and coordination with state agencies.
