Gov. Ivey announces $500,000 grant for sewer upgrades in Colbert County Gov. Kay Ivey announced a grant for sewer upgrades in Colbert County.

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More South Side Sewer Upgrades Started Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com      Fels Avenue sewage pipe upgrades/   Pipeline route.   CAPACITY INCREASE Sewage pipeline upgrades begun this week on Fels Avenue will extend south down Section Street to Twin Beech Road -- to connect to the new sewage pump/lift station in the 18000 block there. (This pipeline leads to the city's wastewater treatment plant at the north end of Church Street.) Hemphill Construction was the project's low bidder; total cost about $6 million (including engineering cost). Expect periodic road closures and traffic delays in the area. The project could take until the end of the year to complete, according to the city engineer.    New Twin Beech station, May 2024. http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

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More Sewer Plant Upgrades Beginning Fairhope, Alabama      Current headworks. TO REDUCE OVERFLOWS A project to upgrade the city's wastewater treatment plant's headworks is about to begin using a $1.2 million federal ARPA grant disbursed by ADEM.  Taylor Corporation was the low bidder at $4.9 million; $5 million was budgeted by the city for it this year.  Krebs is the engineer for the project. The project had been delayed getting started due to parts shortages. From a 2023 Fairhope Times report: "... the head works is the point all the wastewater first enters the plant. Consultant engineers from Garver Engineering said the project would increase overall peak flow capacity from current 10 million gallons per day to 12 million, provide redundancy, and more effective odor control for adjacent bluff neighborhoods.  (7.5 million gpd was the actual peak recorded recently.)... ."   Conceptual design.   http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

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