Would it be possible to compare the costs involved in the water recycling project from start to finish versus the cost of the Kaw Lake project (estimated)? And when was the water recycling/reuse project approved by the City Council?
Per Water Utilities Director Terry Lauritsen:
The Sanitary Sewer Improvements Oversight Committee recommended approval of the reuse plan in September 2017, and the City Council approved the reuse plan in October 2017. Note, this was based on recommendations from an engineering study evaluating the feasibility of reuse that started in April 2016.
For the reuse project, we’ve spent $6 million on the pump station and pipeline, and we anticipate the additional treatment needed at the wastewater plant will be $4 million. Thus, the reuse project is anticipated to cost $10 million, and it will provide 4.1 mgd (million gallons of water per day). So that’s a cost of $2.43 million per mgd.
For Kaw Lake, the estimated cost projected from 2006 was $150 million for 14 mgd, which is $10.7 million per mgd. Note, the City Council has approved an engineering study to update the cost estimate.
Yale Drive resurfacing update
Is there any update on the resurface of Yale? It was on G.O. Bond like three to four years ago.
The Yale resurfacing project was approved by voters in the 2020 General Obligation Bond. Funding for the project became available in October of last year. The $867,000 project involves an asphalt rebuild on Yale between Adams Boulevard and Frank Phillips Boulevard. Some curb and gutter will be replaced as well. City Engineering Department staff say a construction contract for the project is anticipated to be issued this summer with construction to begin in late summer or early fall of this year.
Wayfinding sign project continues
What are these (right) and what will they be for?
They are footings for the vehicular wayfinding sign project.
The project involves the construction of gateway signage into the city at major entryways and wayfinding signage for parks and recreational facilities as well as the downtown redevelopment district and downtown entryways. It was recommended in the 2013 Community Strategic Plan and approved by voters in the 2018 General Obligation Bond Election.
The contractor finished footings for the last of the 32 locations last week, and City Engineering staff are waiting on a schedule from the contractor to install the signs. Staff anticipates signs will go up in the next month or so.
Above: Several footings have been placed in various locations around Bartlesville to make way for vehicular wayfinding signs.
Below: A rendering of the signs is shown.