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Revision 1, 2026-07-30T11:33:00Z, by PortageRoute.
+ = Water Treatment Plant =
+ The City's drinking water plant, run by [[PublicWorksDepartment]], drawing from the Missouri River. The department also operates a water testing lab and publishes annual Consumer Confidence Reports on water quality.
+ = Capital work in the record =
+ The plant has been in near-continuous rebuild through 2025 and 2026, each phase reaching the [[CityCommission]] as a professional services agreement and then a construction contract:
+ * '''Head house and rapid mix vault''', Office File 1332.7 — professional services amendment approved at [[CityCommission2025-06-03]]; construction contract awarded at [[CityCommission2025-10-07]]
+ * '''Sedimentation basin upgrades''', OF 1808.2 and 1802.2 — engineering services agreement at [[CityCommission2025-04-01]]; project approved at [[CityCommission2026-04-21]]
+ * '''Solids mitigation''' — final payment of $302,899.21 at [[CityCommission2025-09-16]]
+ * '''Corrosion control implementation''' — contract of $945,000 to MJD Contracting at the same meeting
+ * '''33rd Street water storage tank''' — final payment of $139,765.95 at [[CityCommission2025-08-05]]
+ Treatment chemicals are bought on annual low bids brought to the Commission together — liquid aluminum sulfate, liquid ammonium sulfate and liquid chlorine, all approved at [[CityCommission2025-04-15]].
+ = Financing =
+ Water system revenue bonds through the DNRC Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Program: Resolution 10594 on reimbursement bond regulations at [[CityCommission2025-08-05]], Resolution 10605 for $2,000,000 at [[CityCommission2025-10-21]], amended by Resolution 10614 at [[CityCommission2026-01-06]], and Resolution 10634 for $5,020,000 Series 2026C at [[CityCommission2026-07-21]].
+ Rates are set by resolution each spring — see [[AnnualTaxLevy]] for the assessment side and the utility rate resolutions 10574 and successors.
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+ Water Treatment Plant: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1022/Water-Treatment-Plant
+ Water quality reports: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1033/Water-Quality---Consumer-Confidence-Repo
+ [[PublicWorksDepartment]] · [[LeadServiceLineReplacement]] · [[Categories]]
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