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City highlights flume repairs as 15% watershed loss reducer in EDA package
Summary
Presenters said the flume rehabilitation would recover an estimated 15% of watershed runoff lost under existing infrastructure; the repair was pitched as a resilience measure for seafood processing, healthcare and other local water‑dependent industries.
City and public-works presenters described the flume rehabilitation as a core resiliency measure, saying the current flume and upper-reservoir conveyance are inefficient and leak an estimated 15% of watershed runoff on a dry day. "We're gonna go ahead and revitalize that, and that's 15% on a dry day," a presenter said, tying the intervention to long-term reliability for seafood processing, the hospital and other local users.
Public-works staff described plans for a concrete, permanent structure on the upper reservoir to allow safer maintenance, improve access for small equipment and reduce long-term leakage. They said the flume piece is one component of the EDA portfolio; engineers and permitting work were cited as immediate next steps.
