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Council weighs costly permanent reroute versus staged repairs for water system
Summary
Council members debated whether to pursue an expensive long-term reroute to feed the tank (moving chlorination to the tank) or to complete the immediate repairs now and address a larger reroute later; engineers said the long-term option could cost at least $1 million.
Council members discussed a permanent solution that would reroute water to the main tank so chlorination could be applied at the tank instead of at the booster site. An engineer said rerouting would be ideal but would involve substantial expense and time, possibly "in the millions" and requiring running a second pipeline to the tank.
Council members said the city should "quit Band Aid" measures eventually but agreed the immediate fixes to pumps, valves and the chlorination re-plumb should be done now to keep the system functional while the city explores larger capital projects and funding options. "This will buy us the time that we need," one council member said, while another warned a permanent reroute would likely be far more costly and take longer to plan and build.
