Well Water is in the Future for Longview Washington
The City Council has decided that our water in the future will be coming from a well tapping into a deep aquifer below the Mint Farm Industrial Park. This was decided Thursday with a 6-1 vote. A $280,600.00 contract will be awarded to Tacoma engineering firm, Robinson, Noble and Saltbrush to design and oversee the construction of one main production well and up to eight “sentinel” wells which will monitor the water quality at the mint farm. Drilling and construction will cost $670,000.00, that portion of the project must go out to bid.
The other option was to upgrade and refurbish the Reginal Water Plant on Fisher’s Lane. That plant would of cost $46,000,000.00 to complete that project. The council was strongly advised against refurbishing the Fisher Lane plant because it is continuing to wear out from volcanic silt from Mount St. Helens. The silt left over from Mount St. Helens 1980 eruption is the culprit for the continuing wear and maintenance issues that are on going. City engineers estimate it would cost Longview’s citizens over a twenty year period $26,000,000.00 more to keep the Fisher’s Lane Plant operational. http://www.longviewbiz.com/
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