After receiving an order from the Department of Natural Resources in 2009 to replace its aging sewer system and make major upgrades to wastewater treatment plants, the city has only spent about $2.5 million of its $30 million budget so far. But that figure is right on track, said Public Works Director Bill Beck.
“A lot of what we’ve done up until now has been discovery work, gathering data,” Beck said. “All the smoke testing of the sewers is finished and we’ve also done all the camera inspection and cleaning we’re going to do in this phase. These major projects that spread over multiple years, they take time and there are stages you have to go through to get everything set.”
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