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Adelanto approves $2.43 million upgrade to wastewater plant to boost capacity
Summary
The Adelanto City Council approved a contract to expand and optimize the city’s wastewater treatment plant, increasing capacity from 3.0 million gallons per day to about 3.8 million and purchasing long‑lead equipment while a 20‑year master plan is finalized.
Adelanto’s City Council voted on March 12 to move forward with an expansion and optimization of the city’s wastewater treatment plant, awarding the lowest responsive bid to Perkwater Corporation for $2,432,005.05. The project will install a blower and a lift station and is expected to take roughly 180 days to complete. Council members and staff said the work is intended to address rapid growth and avoid regulatory action from state water authorities.
City Manager (city manager) told the council the plant currently operates at a 3,000,000‑gallon‑per‑day capacity and that the enhancement will raise it to about 3,800,000 gallons per day. Wastewater operations lead Cabos (Carlos) told the council the low bidder was Perkwater and that the city already holds major long‑lead items for the expansion, including a blower and a pump, which were pre‑purchased to shorten delivery time.
“Currently, it operates at 3,000,000 gallon per day. This enhancement and optimization is going to increase the capacity to approximately 3,800,000 gallon,” Cabos said during the presentation. Council members pressed staff on how long the new capacity will serve projected development; the city manager and Cabos said a citywide water and sewer master plan is near completion and will provide 20‑year population and system projections.
City manager said a separate, future plant of roughly 2.5 million gallons is in preliminary design and could be ready for construction once design and permitting are complete — staff estimated that next expansion could take three years to reach operation if pursued. Council members emphasized that the current contract is the install of parts already approved and purchased earlier, not a separate new feasibility study.
The council approved the staff recommendation to award the contract after brief public comment and questions from council members. No recorded roll call for this item was provided in the transcript; the meeting record shows the council moved and seconded the item and the ayes were voiced in the meeting.
