PUB approves contract changes, reviews projects
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PARKERSBURG -- The Parkersburg Utility Board on Tuesday approved final changes to the contract expanding water and sewer service to the top of Fort Boreman Hill and heard updates on ongoing and future projects.
On a 3-0 vote, with one member absent and one seat vacant, the board approved a change order of $9,614.70 to the Fort Boreman project, a final adjustment bringing the total to be paid to Dunlap Construction to $1,412,735.70. Another 3-0 vote amended the engineering agreement for the project with Burgess & Niple by up to $43,000 for the 1,500 feet of sewer line and 500 feet of water line added after the bid came in under budget.
The project was aimed at making property on the hill owned by the PM Company more ready to develop. The work and the engineering costs were paid for with a $1.5 million state grant from the Governor's Closing Fund and $200,000 each from the city and Wood County American Rescue Plan Act funding.
"There's still ample funds in that (ARPA) account," PUB Manager Eric Bennett said.
That project is finished, and the four individual contracts that make up the $19.1 million water system improvement effort funded in part with a phased rate increase and $7 million in city ARPA funds aren't far behind.
The replacement of about 30,000 linear feet of small-diameter water mains by Stonegate Construction is complete except for a few punch list items, Bennett said. Pipe work for the replacement of approximately 32,000 linear feet of large-diameter mains by Tribute Contracting & Consultants is done, but some electrical work on controls at a booster station at Blizzard Drive and 12th Avenue remains, he said.
That must be completed before Caldwell Tanks can wrap up its work on an elevated storage tank upgrade, since control panels at both sites are needed to move water to the tank.
Orders Construction Inc. is done with the fourth contract, repairs to the backwash basin and south reservoir, except for some grading and seeding at the reservoir, planned for the spring, Bennett said.
Design on a $12.6 million project to install an activated carbon filtration system to remove per- and polyfluorinated substances, like C8, from the water supply is about 30% complete, Bennett said. It will be paid for with a principal-forgiveness loan from the state.
The utility is also looking at funding options to expand sanitary sewer service in the Marrtown Road area through two separate projects.
Evan Bevins can be reached at ebevins@newsandsentinel.com.