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Homestead committee advances water and sewer master plan, flags aging mains and $33M in phased needs
Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted to place the City of Homestead Water and Sewer Master Plan on the council consent agenda after a staff presentation identifying aging pipes, capacity constraints (notably a nearly 50-year-old east‑west force main) and prioritized projects, including Well No. 7, a million‑gallon tank and a phased $33 million upgrade program.
The City of Homestead’s Committee of the Whole on April 7 advanced a proposed Water and Sewer Master Plan to the council consent agenda after a presentation by Public Works Director Kyro Kangas and consultants.
Kangas said the plan—developed over about a year—maps the city’s water and sewer service areas (including pockets still on septic) and inventories pipe materials and age. "The majority of our system is ductile iron," Kangas said, adding the city has "very little areas" of older asbestos‑cement pipe but does have many distribution lines under 8 inches in diameter and some two‑inch segments that reduce pressure and fire protection. The presentation noted some records were lost during Hurricane…
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