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Okaloosa County approves Water & Sewer self-performance for two projects and billing deal with Auburn Water Systems
Summary
The Okaloosa County Commission on Nov. 4 approved Water & Sewer requests to self-perform two construction projects—a Paquito lift-station replacement (about $920,000) and a Longwood transmission main (about $1.2 million)—and authorized a three-year wastewater billing agreement with Auburn Water Systems that includes a 5% processing fee.
Mike Hackett, director of Okaloosa County Water and Sewer (OCWS), asked the Okaloosa County Commission on Nov. 4 to approve OCWSself-performance for two capital projects and a billing-services agreement. The board approved all three items unanimously.
The first was approval to self-perform the Paquito Bayou lift station replacement project, which Hackett estimated at about $920,000. "This existing station is antiquated," Hackett said, adding the new station will sit at higher elevation, "have much greater capacity and will meet all of our current lift station standards." Hackett told commissioners the…
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