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After large break on Cottonwood, Freeport council approves engineering agreement to replace water main
Summary
Following a major water-main break that triggered a boil order and drained both towers, council approved an engineering agreement to design and permit replacement of roughly 2,150 feet of spun-cast pipe; staff estimated design and permitting would take several months and construction could cost about $1 million.
A week after a major water-main failure on Cottonwood that forced a citywide boil order, the Freeport City Council on April 20 authorized a design and permitting engineering agreement to replace the problematic transmission main.
Manager Boyer told the council the break produced an elliptical hole “approximately 42 inches in length and about 12 inches tall” and that the failure drained both water towers, creating a public-health concern. "It was such a large hole that it…
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