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Public works presents $650M redundancy plan for Christina River Forcemain, plus spray disposal and Brandywine interceptor updates
Summary
Staff outlined a long‑term redundancy plan for the Christina River Forcemain estimated at about $650 million over 20–30 years, a planned expansion to add up to ~1.7 million gpd spray disposal at Marlpit Road, and a $9.2 million Brandywine interceptor phase 1 award partly funded by ARPA; council members pressed for cost context and confirmed a 10‑year treatment agreement with Wilmington.
Jason Zern, senior manager for sewer and stormwater, described three major sewer initiatives and the county's focus on system redundancy and repairs.
On the Christina River Forcemain (CRFM), Zern said the nearly 10‑mile, low‑pressure force main serves about 300,000 residents and moves roughly 50–150 million gallons per day. He said the system lacks full redundancy and that an emergency repair near the Wilmington Treatment Plant cost the county about $20 million. "That emergency project really shone a spotlight on the CRFM and its condition," he said, and staff prepared a conceptual plan for a fully redundant system the…
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