Bids have been opened on construction of Wellington's new Waste Water Treatment Plant, and have come in at over $3 million lower than the engineers estimate. Budgeted through a revolving loan program of KDHE, engineers for the WWTP project projected a cost of $12 million for construction of the new facility. The $8.9 million bid is very welcomed relief in today's economy.
Construction of a new WWTP is necessary because the current facility is at its maximum processing capacity (1.25 million gallons of sewage each day) as well as being non-compliant with KDHE regulations which take effect next year. The new treatment plant will meet those KDHE guidelines as well as increasing its capacity by about 40%.
The bids are anticipated being approved at tonights (March 3) regular Council Meeting.
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