Frank Phillips Water Line Project nears completion

September 14, 2021

The Frank Phillips Water Line Replacement Project underway along Frank Phillips between U.S. Highway 75 and Silver Lake Road is about two months out from being complete, Water Utilities Director Terry Lauritsen said this week.

“All the pipe is in the ground, so all that remains to be done is flushing and disinfection, which will take approximately two weeks, and the tie-ins for all the services and the lines that we’re replacing, which will take at least another two weeks,” Lauritsen said. “We should be finished with everything in one and a half to two months.

The project, which got underway in February, involves replacing two 60-plus-year-old water lines with a 20-inch line. The line is one of the main feeds for the nearby hospital and for the City’s “Hot, Warm and Cold” tanks.