The Board of Public Utilities will have a few extra dollars in the bank once construction of its new water blending facility and water tower are complete.
During the board’s meeting Monday, assistant manager Mark Wurm reported that the total cost of construction of the two new projects came in more than a million under-budget.
BPU had allocated a little more than $12 million for the project but Wurm reported that the total should not exceed $10 million. The recession and slowed economy helped bring down costs in many areas but, Wurm said, some commodity prices, such as rebar, have increased in the past few months.
The utility’s new water tower, located on west Avenue A, is complete and the water blending facility, located on east Avenue A, will be completed in the first quarter of 2010. The facility will import water from the city’s 12 wells, chlorinate and blend the water before sending it back into the city’s water system. By chlorinating the water in a central location and blending water from the different wells, the utility will be able to maintain better control over water quality. The new facility will also help control contaminates in individual wells.
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The Board of Public Utilities will have a few extra dollars in the bank once construction of its new water blending facility and water tower are complete.
During the board’s meeting Monday, assistant manager Mark Wurm reported that the total cost of construction of the two new projects came in more than a million under-budget.
BPU had allocated a little more than $12 million for the project but Wurm reported that the total should not exceed $10 million. The recession and slowed economy helped bring down costs in many areas but, Wurm said, some commodity prices, such as rebar, have increased in the past few months.
The utility’s new water tower, located on west Avenue A, is complete and the water blending facility, located on east Avenue A, will be completed in the first quarter of 2010. The facility will import water from the city’s 12 wells, chlorinate and blend the water before sending it back into the city’s water system. By chlorinating the water in a central location and blending water from the different wells, the utility will be able to maintain better control over water quality. The new facility will also help control contaminates in individual wells.
