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Marilla Dam rehabilitation project, others moving along, according to Bradford City Water Authority officials
By ADAM VOSLER
Era Reporter
Slowly but surely, the Marilla Dam rehabilitation project and other Bradford City Water Authority plans are moving along.
Executive Director Kim Benjamin noted that many locals are asking when the dam will be refilled. Though dredging has been finished, and the materials have been hauled away, there is still more work to do.
“I guess the most optimistic (refilling) time would be mid-September, but more likely, we’re looking at October,” Benjamin said.
Officials are still waiting on important cable controls they ordered because the underwater intake structure needed modified, Benjamin explained. Other work still on tap includes stone placement and shaping and reseeding disturbed areas by Marilla Dam.
In other business, the authority passed a motion to enter an easement agreement that should bring consistent revenue to the authority.
U.S. Energy will be allowed to install equipment for a stripper plant on 1.2 acres of authority property near Interstate Parkway. The equipment would strip gas to get its British thermal units Btus) down to acceptable levels so it can be put in a gas line. U.S. Energy can also collect and reuse the byproducts of the procedure.
The authority would receive $5,000 up front, $2,500 annually to renew the easement, and a $500 monthly fee.
Also Tuesday, the authority announced a conversion project to bring drinking water to lines at the intersection of Lang Maid Lane and West Washington Street and at the water treatment plant. Surveyors were at the sites last week, Benjamin said.
By moving valves, the authority can allow finished, drinkable water through instead of “raw” water. This would supplement the local drinking supply in case of a large water main break like Bradford experienced last winter.
“This is going to give us another alternative (for) getting water into the system,” Benjamin said.
Officials are not yet sure whether they will bid out the project to try to squeeze it in this season or wait until next year.
The authority also gave updates on three other projects Tuesday.
The authority’s centrifuge building project has been submitted to the state Department of Environmental Protection and is awaiting approval. The building will use cutting-edge technology that uses ultraviolet light to enhance the water.
Also, work on the Storm Circle water line extension will get under way in the first or second week of September and should take two to two-and-a-half weeks to complete.
Just under 2,000 feet of water line will be installed, providing service for all Storm Circle residents. Tapping into the line is voluntary; more than half of the homes have agreed to use it so far.
Finally, paperwork for the Big Shanty Pump Station has been submitted from FEC Technologies for approval. The station will be used starting late October or early November.
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