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Price City schedules interagency briefing as aging transmission lines spur rate and funding talks
Summary
City leaders say Price City relies on century-old transmission lines and will host state and federal water agencies to discuss repairs, funding and study needs; officials flagged possible rate increases and a $50 million reservoir grant pursuit.
Mayor Mike said Price City is fully dependent on springs routed through transmission lines built about a century ago and urged the council to attend an interagency briefing on the 20th that will include the state rural water representatives, the Division of Drinking Water and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“Our water lines are a huge concern for us,” Mayor Mike said, describing visible corrosion and the lack of cathodic protection on segments of line installed in the 1920s.
City staff told the council they expect a multi-agency review of transmission-line and treatment-plant needs and that the Division of Drinking Water will require additional feasibility work before grant funding can be awarded. “We won’t get any water money from the…
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