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Engineer urges Aiken to address high water-main break rate, says city declined free consultant help
Summary
An engineer told council the city's water-main break rate is far above the national average and said the city declined his free technical assistance and grant pursuit; he requested a workshop to correct information he says staff presented at a prior meeting.
At the public-comment portion of the March 10 meeting, Dr. Robert Lashear of Lashear Engineering LLC told the Aiken City Council he has repeatedly offered free consulting to reduce water-main breaks and to pursue grant funding, but that city staff declined his most recent offer.
Lashear said city staff previously told the council that half of last…
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