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Tri City sanitary district: contractors mobilize in April; treatment plant expected in June
Summary
Tri City Regional Sanitary District told Gila County supervisors that breaking the Claypool bidding package into smaller basins brought more bidders and lowered costs; contractors are set to mobilize in April with the treatment plant delivery scheduled for June and a groundbreaking planned next Monday at 10:00 a.m.
Mike Krebs, representing the Tri City Regional Sanitary District, briefed the Gila County Board of Supervisors on March 24 about recent procurement and schedule developments for the long‑running water reclamation project. He said staff split the Claypool work into multiple drainage‑basin packages after single large bids came back “ridiculously high,” and that approach produced more bidders and reduced projected costs by an estimated $20–25 million.
Krebs said a prime contractor has been awarded the main sewer‑line and site‑work work and will begin mobilization in April. “They’re gonna start mobilization in April, and the work will start, in mid to late April,” he told the board. He added that contractors will perform directional bores under US‑60 and two bores on SR‑188 to place pipelines and that permitting coordination with ADOT is underway.
On schedule, Krebs said the pre‑fabricated treatment plant is expected to be delivered in June so the site can accept and set the facility and crews can complete hookups. He invited the board to a public groundbreaking next Monday at 10:00 a.m. at the treatment plant site.
Funding for the district’s program, Krebs said, is a mix of federal and other sources. He described an original USDA package that was later increased, multiple EPA grants addressing emerging contaminants, a $3 million water‑conservation grant, support from the Economic Development Administration, and newly received congressional discretionary funding. He reported a program funding total in the neighborhood of $60 million and said the district had added roughly $2.85 million in discretionary congressional dollars after the packet was published.
Board members asked about household connections and cost allocation in colonia areas; Krebs emphasized that house‑connection costs in the colonia area were being covered by grant funding and would not be charged to residents. He also explained that some basin packages remain unfunded pending additional USDA approvals — the two unfunded packages were described in the packet as roughly $9 million without contingencies.
The board did not take formal action in the work session; the update was information‑only. Next procedural steps include contractor mobilization in April, continued coordination with ADOT for bore work, finalizing remaining funding packages, and the June delivery of the treatment plant.
