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Council hears $47 million reverse-osmosis plant proposal to meet PFAS rules
Summary
City staff and McKim & Creed presented a reverse‑osmosis water‑treatment proposal designed for 1.5 million gallons per day, an estimated $47 million construction cost and $1.2 million in annual operations; staff said design is grant‑funded but construction funding is not yet secured.
Philip Locke, senior project manager with McKim & Creed, presented a high‑level plan for a new reverse‑osmosis (RO) water‑treatment plant the council reviewed Tuesday. City manager Don King introduced the item by saying the existing plant, built in 1984, has exceeded its industry service life and will not meet prospective PFAS and related regulatory requirements without major upgrades.
Locke said the proposed facility would be sited north of the current plant (the city may acquire the parcel) and be designed for 1,500,000 gallons per day, roughly double current capacity. He described the proposal as a long‑term solution to…
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