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Sandpoint advances wastewater plant rebuild plan with phased funding and a wet‑weather treatment option
Summary
City staff and consultants outlined a phased $130M facility upgrade with about $60M of phase‑one funding expected from state revolving funds; engineers told council a parallel 'wet‑weather' treatment train under DEQ review could cut capital costs and operational burdens.
Consultants and city staff told the Sandpoint City Council on April 15 that the long‑planned reconstruction of the municipal wastewater treatment plant will move forward as a multi‑phase project with targeted state funding and a new permit‑driven design approach intended to reduce overall cost.
Kyle Meshko, an engineer working on the project, said the city is working with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to secure permitting flexibility that would allow a smaller core facility complemented by a parallel ‘‘wet‑weather’’ treatment train for diluted peak flows. "We're hopeful to get some final direction from them on how they would like us to proceed," Meshko said, adding that preliminary work suggests "around $10…
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