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Clear Lake council authorizes pilot with water district to test fire-hydrant program
Summary
Council members directed the city manager to develop a pilot project with a local water district to complete and validate fire-hydrant flow testing after water districts raised cost and timing concerns over a recently adopted hydrant-inspection ordinance.
The Clear Lake City Council instructed staff March 20 to pursue a pilot program with a local water district to implement parts of Ordinance No. 275-2024, the city’s recently adopted fire-hydrant inspection, testing and maintenance ordinance.
City Manager Flora told the council the ordinance requires hydrant flow testing by July 1, 2025 and every five years thereafter in accordance with National Fire Protection Association standards. Staff estimated outside consultants could charge roughly $1,200–$1,500 per hydrant; testing every hydrant in the city could cost “up to three quarters of a million dollars,” a staff member said during the hearing.
Representatives from the Kanaka County…
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