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Federal Public Utilities details multi‑year water and sewer upgrades, cites aging lines and $30M‑plus projects
Summary
Federal Public Utilities told the Fayetteville board it is replacing century‑old water infrastructure, installing thousands of feet of new pipe and planning coordination with TDOT on paving in 2028. Officials said projects are part of a multi‑year, multi‑million‑dollar plan.
Brett Dott, CEO of Federal Public Utilities, told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Jan. 13 that the utility is executing a multi‑year plan to replace aging water infrastructure and to improve system redundancy and wastewater performance.
Dott said parts of the system are “better than a 100 years old” and described a project portfolio that has exceeded $30 million in scope. He detailed recent installations including more than 5,000 feet of 12‑inch pipe, 476 feet of 10‑inch, 154 feet of 8‑inch, 6,226 feet of 6‑inch pipe, 14 insertion valves and 72 new fire hydrants in areas under rehabilitation. He described coordination with the Tennessee Department of Transportation on paving projects scheduled for 2028 that will require milling and replacement where infrastructure work disturbed roadways.
Dott acknowledged service disruptions and construction impacts: open cuts, rock excavation, weather constraints and necessary sequencing to avoid repeatedly repaving the same streets. He said staff are working on hydraulic modeling, meter changes and system redundancy, including three‑phase electric conversion in targeted areas to support future growth.
Board members asked about capacity and whether taking on Petersburg water customers would strain manpower; Dott said the work would be managed separately from city accounts and that the utility has a multi‑year plan to adjust staffing and systems.
What’s next: Staff will continue design and construction work, return to the board with project schedules and report on funding and timeline specifics as they are finalized.
