Apache Junction board approves $2.74 million inspection contract for Superstition-area plant expansion

The Apache Junction water utilities district board on the evening’s agenda approved a $2,735,475 professional services agreement with Wilson Engineers LLC to provide construction administration and inspection services for the final expansion phase of the Superstition-area surface water treatment plant.

District Director Mike, describing the project during the meeting, said the plant’s capacity will be increased from its current 4 million gallons per day to 10 million gallons per day as part of the final build-out. “This next step is going from that 4,000,000 gallons a day to 10,000,000 gallons a day,” Mike said. He told the board that the district expects the total project cost to be roughly $60,000,000 and that the $2.735 million contract is a pass-through cost paid by the developer.

Why it matters: The contract funds inspection and construction-administration work on a multi-phase expansion that district staff say is intended to serve several new housing developments to the south and to provide additional storage and fire-protection capacity for the area. Board members framed the contract as part of a larger multi-year program of capital work meant to avoid large, sudden rate increases.

The board voted…