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Council hears $1.3 million contract and alarming leak-loss in Coil water system
Summary
Council members were told the utility is replacing 8,600 feet of main in the Coil water system under a roughly $1.3 million contract after staff measured leak-loss of about 62.4% in that system; funding and scope remain under review.
James told the council the utility purchased the Coil water system (about 118 customers) and that a contract for the full line replacement—roughly 8,600 feet—was being approved at about $1,300,000. "We purchased it for, I think, a dollar," he said, then detailed the scale of deterioration and the contractor bid that came in below estimates.
James emphasized the operational rationale: staff measured an exceptionally high leak loss in Coil—"it's 62.4%"—which he described as unsustainable and a driver for the immediate capital project and external funding searches. Council members asked about funding sources and how the project would be phased; staff said the details remain to be finalized.
