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Council approves purchase of property for Del Rio well treatment system
Summary
The council authorized buying 14,426 sq ft at 7111 McHenry Ave for $76,500 plus $15,000 closing costs to install wellhead treatment equipment for Del Rio Well 70 after utilities staff said the new well requires adjacent land for treatment equipment due to water-quality issues.
The Modesto City Council unanimously approved the purchase of a 14,426-square-foot parcel at 7111 McHenry Avenue to support the Del Rio Well 70 treatment system project.
Will Long, the city's Director of Utilities, told council members that the city drilled a new well for the Del Rio community but discovered water-quality issues that require additional space adjacent to the well to install treatment equipment. Long said the Del Rio area is served exclusively by groundwater wells and the acquired land will allow the city to…
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