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Riverton adopts resolution to seek state SRF grant to replace airport well after PFOS detection
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 1561 July 7 authorizing application to the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board for a principal‑forgiveness SRF award to replace Airport Well #2 after a PFOS trigger‑level detection; staff said the project is preapproved and a public meeting is scheduled July 15.
The Riverton City Council on July 7 adopted Resolution 1561 authorizing the city to apply to the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) for a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan — described in staff materials as principal forgiveness — to replace Airport Well #2 after an emerging contaminant test returned a result at an EPA trigger level.
City staff (Mister Tholman) told the council the application would include engineering and design (estimated about $500,000) and construction, pumping equipment, a well house and security fencing, and either abandonment or repurposing of the existing well. Tholman said the city had been preapproved for the SRF award and that the SRF funding opportunity effectively functions as a grant for the city because it provides principal forgiveness. He added the well had been shut down after the May test and that follow‑up testing could be pursued instead of replacement, but staff recommended moving the well to reduce future regulatory exposure.
Tholman said the city must submit the application by Aug. 5 and that the SRF program will consider the application at its Dec. 3 meeting; a public meeting on the well replacement project was scheduled for July 15 in council chambers. Councilmembers asked technical questions about likely sources (airport firefighting foam was cited as a probable cause at the trigger level), the well’s location relative to the terminal, and timelines; the resolution passed by voice vote.
The resolution authorizes staff to proceed with the application and public notice process; it does not itself appropriate construction funding, which staff said would be addressed with SLIB financing and city cash‑flow planning if the award is made.
