GEORGETOWN – External corrosion of the sewerage system retainment and deterioration “from the gasses within the fortification,” led Williamson County commissioners to approve the Bartlett Clark Street Lift Station project.
Discussion of the proposed $50,000 to advance the wastewater project, along with expenses for new staffing, included that the funding would be allocated from the county’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, a subsidy part of the American Rescue Plan Act, a program that has provided more than $300 billion to state and local government for recovery from COVID-19. “We want to stress the gratefulness of the city for these funds coming to Bartlett from the ARPA,” said Bartlett Mayor Chad Mees.
Bids for the projects were considered, in addition to the future needs of the city, including additional staffing, with funds availability upon agreement, with a time completion of four to six weeks.
“It’s a very quick process. It’s one of those situations where once you start you don’t stop until you get done,” said Mayor Pro Tem Philip Weaver. “We are having to deal with all of the main sewerage system for the whole city so we can only have so many correcting, moving waste — we want to get that done as quick as possible.”
Health issues that involve clean water, drinking water and obstruction continue to be the main concern surrounding the pipe. The clogging of the system has cost employees who “have to go out there at all hours of the day and at night when the pumps are not reacting properly,” which has obligated county representatives wanting to address the issue in order to prevent a potential public health emergency. “With multiple bids, we chose the lowest,” said Weaver. “The main goal for the contractors is that they use the borrowed time that they have to ensure the residents of Bartlett a residential without sewerage issues, we don’t want to be “up to our knees in waste in the community.”
