City moves forward with Standpipe Recoating Project

Project—estimated at $230,000—will be funded by use-it-or-lose-it state DWSRF monies

Brandon Cline, Managing Editor | Last updated Aug 14, 2019 2:37pm0

The Ritzville City Council voted to move ahead with the Standpipe Recoating Project at the Aug. 6 council meeting.

The city received a memo from Ben Varela, of Varela & Associates, on Aug. 5, who recommended that the city should move forward now with the project, using available Drinking Water State Revolving Funds that are set to expire on Dec. 31 of this year.

The project has been delayed in the past, as detailed in the memo, “due to the motor failure at Well No. 9, the Park Reservoir cleaning schedule and uncertainties with the potential funding offer from [the United States Department of A...