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Saginaw outlines major water and wastewater projects; tank comes online and lead line replacements continue
Summary
Director Mike Greiner told council the city’s century-old treatment plant will remain in service with major upgrades including a recently filled elevated storage tank, piping and pump-station projects, and lead-service-line replacements financed in part through DWSRF funds.
Mike Greiner, Saginaw’s director of water and wastewater treatment services, presented a multi-part update on the city’s water system and wastewater assets and answered council questions about financing and operations.
Greiner said Saginaw’s water treatment plant is a 52-million-gallon-a-day facility that averages about 17 million gallons daily; the wastewater plant is a roughly 32-million-gallon-a-day facility. He reported that an elevated storage tank was filled and disinfected this week and is expected to be placed into service on Wednesday, improving resilience and extending the time operators have before a boil-water condition could be required…
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