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Evansville utility starts bonding process for new water plant, schedules public hearing; groundwater PFAS study approved
Summary
The Evansville Water & Sewer Utility board adopted a declaratory resolution to begin bonding for a new water-plant project, authorized an initial draw of about $50 million, approved a groundwater-modeling work order to study PFOS/PFAS risks, and scheduled a public hearing for the bond later this month.
The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Board on Nov. 12 adopted a declaratory resolution to begin the process of borrowing for a new water-plant project, authorizing staff to pursue bonding and setting up a public hearing for community comment.
Board members and staff said the board intends to secure an initial draw of roughly $50 million to begin work on elements of a new plant that would be common to both the surface-water design and a potential hybrid groundwater-surface solution. "We can start our first draw on that, which will be about $50,000,000," an unidentified board member said during the discussion. Staff added that further bonding details and the specific list of projects for the first draw will be presented to the board in the next two weeks and that the next…
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