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Officials weigh injection station, manganese control as water-budget priority
Summary
Local officials debated funding and timing for an injection station and other measures to control manganese and extend disinfectant effectiveness in the distribution system, and agreed water projects should be a top recurring budget priority.
Chair raised a planning question about a previously discussed injection station and urged officials to protect the town’s water supply against rising demand.
"Are we still looking at, in the future of getting that injection station" said Chair, opening discussion about timing and budgeting for a planned injection project. Staff member noted earlier estimates and technical benefits: "It would help us, control the manganese," and described that injections can improve chlorine persistence in the distribution system. Participants referenced a prior local estimate for the injection work of about $150,000 for a roughly 1-mile tie-in.
The meeting’s dominant budget framing put water projects at the top of capital priorities. "Our our main goals in every budget season should be water industries. Number 1," Chair said, arguing for steady multi-year budgeting to replace aging elements of the system. Officials discussed that projects could still be years away and that timing depends on other infrastructure alignments (lines coming from Avenue) and outside coordination. The body asked staff to keep the injection option in long-range capital planning and to include manganese-control work in upcoming budget proposals.
