Water & Utilities in Demorest
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What may affect service, rates, or reliability?Utilities issues in Demorest
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The city will pay $195,000 for new headworks equipment at its wastewater treatment facility after an earlier version of the purchase was put on hold.
A $5.1 million water line upgrade for the Iron Ore pressure zone remains undecided after Demorest's city council tabled it twice in a row.
City council has scheduled another look at water and sewer operations, a system residents depend on for treatment and distribution.
City officials are considering replacing Demorest's water meters with a new automated system that could cost residents $3 million, with no final decision yet recorded.
The city is weighing forcing the purchase of two properties needed to expand its water system.
The estimated cost appeared on city council agendas as a water capital project item, with no vote yet recorded.
The city is weighing a water system upgrade estimated at $15,000 that could affect service along Highway 225.
The purchase funds dissolved oxygen analyzers for the aeration basin at the city's wastewater treatment facility, a sewer system upgrade paid for by residents.
The city could spend $60,000 on new equipment to measure water flow as part of its water system capital plans.
The vote funds one of several water system upgrades the city says will improve its booster stations.
The city's water capital project list for an August council meeting includes a $10,000 Water Plant Booster item, part of planned water-system work.
The city says it will buy an AWAS flow meter for its wastewater treatment plant, a piece of equipment tied to monitoring the facility's operations.
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