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Water plant budget up; council hears reservoir rip-rap, clear-well and dock plans
Summary
Water Treatment Plant supervisor Robert Burnham reported a proposed FY26-27 budget increase of about 7.26% driven by supplies and chemicals and outlined CIP projects: a 2.5 million-gallon concrete clear well, rip-rap work around Reservoir 6 (~$1,500,000), additional docks at Reservoirs 4 and 5 and sludge-pond cleaning; Burnham said filters were rehabbed and pumps upgraded.
Robert Burnham, supervisor of Greenville's Water Treatment Plant, told council the proposed FY26-27 budget would increase by roughly 7.26%, largely because of supplies and chemical costs. He reviewed production numbers and a slate of capital requests the plant is proposing for the coming year.
"In '25, we pumped that, 3,380,000,000, which is a 47% increase, from the year before," Burnham said, citing year-over-year increases in water pumped and distributed. He described bond-funded projects and CIP requests including a 2.5 million-gallon concrete clear well to replace a failing structure, rip-rap and cloth-felt stabilization around the Reservoir 6 outlet channel estimated at about $1,500,000, additional floating docks for Reservoirs 4 and 5 and cleaning of a sludge pond identified as in need of attention. He said the sludge analysis found no heavy metals and is landfill-ready.
Burnham also reviewed recent accomplishments: the water filter rehab is complete and filters are rerated at 4,000,000 gallons each; several pump and header upgrades are finished that improve plant control and remote monitoring. Council asked timing questions for projects and Burnham said staff is completing scopes of work and will proceed to advertisement and bidding once engineering scope is finalized.
