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Board approves purchase of second mobile standby generator to protect lift stations

Coldwater Board of Public Utilities · March 5, 2026
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The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities approved management's recommendation to buy a second mobile standby generator to support multiple lift stations during extended outages, citing current single-generator limits and differing vendor bids; specific vote tallies were recorded by voice and not specified in the transcript.

Coldwater Board of Public Utilities members voted to approve management’s recommendation to purchase a second mobile standby generator intended to keep lift stations operating during multiple-circuit outages.

The board heard that the utility currently has one shared standby generator and that in events of multiple circuit outages that single unit may be insufficient to prevent overflows at some lift stations. A presenter explained the plan to…

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