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Committee approves rehabilitation of National City Well 3; staff says work could pay for itself within a year
Summary
Sweetwater Authority staff recommended and the Engineering & Operations Committee approved a $310,959.79 rehabilitation contract for National City Well 3 to restore reduced flow; funding will come from reallocations of contingency and street improvement funds.
The Engineering and Operations Committee on May 7 approved staff’s recommendation to rehabilitate National City Well Number 3 and to reallocate capital funds to pay for immediate work. Staff awarded the low responsive bid to Lane Christensen Co. for $310,959.79 and requested $67,760 from fiscal-year 2024–25 capital contingency and $243,199.79 from the street improvement project to cover the cost.
The authority’s operations staff reported that Well 3, part of the National City well field and supplying roughly 10% of Sweetwater Authority’s water portfolio, had shown a steady decline in production from about 700 gallons per minute…
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