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Pontiac considers sewer upgrades
PONTIAC — Rainwater sometimes overwhelms Pontiac’s sanitary sewer system, and city officials are looking at ways to fix the problem. The Farnsworth Group, the city’s engineering firm, has looked at a series of upgrades, including work at the wastewater treatment plant, rehabilitating the sanitary sewer systems along Henry, North and Water streets, building two pump stations and adding a combined sewer overflow storage reservoir to contain water in heavy rainfalls. “(The city) really needs this as it tends to get a little messy when it rains,” Joe Mikulecky, engineering manager for the Farnsworth Group, said. “They (city officials) are now embarking on a cost-effective rehab program that will resolve the most number of issues.” The City Council is expected to discuss the work at its Nov. 5 meeting. Mikulecky said the improvements would cost an estimated $5.5 million, and officials hope to complete the work by 2011. The City Council must first approve the scope of work and the facility plan and submit a loan application to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The IEPA is expected to take at least eight months to review comments on the received planning, Mikulecky said. Actual construction for the project is expected to begin in spring 2009, he said. The City Council heard a report on the project at Monday’s meeting. “We (the City Council) looked at a little bit of everything, but it really is a matter of doing it and making sure we are doing it right,” Pontiac Mayor Scott McCoy said. “We are absolutely in favor of this project and we are even looking into future forecasting on issues such as how to get the sewer capacity out around the (Interstate) 55 and (Illinois) 116 exchange.” Mikulecky agreed that council members seem receptive to the project. “They sensed the urgency of this as it has been going on for quite some time,” he said. “Some of the sewers in town are over 100 years old and are just designed differently.” E-mail this story | Print this story | Search archives | RSS Show comments |  Hide comments | Hide comments on all stories |
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