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Newton awards $867,000 contract to rebuild water-treatment filters; total project cost $1,059,700
Summary
After lab tests found underperforming filter media, council awarded a $867,000 contract to James E. Harris Construction for water-treatment-plant filter replacement and approved moving funds to a capital project fund; the total project, including engineering and contingency, was recorded at $1,059,700.
Public Works and Utilities Director Dusty Wentz told council that laboratory analysis in October 2018 showed the primary filter media at the Water Treatment Plant were underperforming, increasing the plants chemical use to meet drinking-water standards. Council previously contracted The Wooten Company in February 2019 for engineering services to evaluate and design the rebuild.
On Feb. 6, 2020,…
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