The James River Water Development District awarded $63,400 in cost-sharing assistance at their recent regular Board of Directors meeting held in Huron on Thursday, November 14.
The District awarded $3,500 to the City of Wolsey to replace the City’s water pumps. Both pumps failed in October of 2019 and since that time they are operating the system by bypassing the tower at reduced pressure.
The District awarded $50,000 to the City of Redfield for engineering fees for improvements to the sanitary sewer system. The project will provide reliable sanitary sewer service to the residents of Redfield. The current system is constructed of materials that are over 100 years old and are beginning to fail.
The District also received an update from Jessica Batterman from US Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha on the upstream reservoirs. Jamestown and Pipestem flood control pools are being operated jointly using a flexible release plan which depends on forecast combined runoff volume into the reservoirs and agency objectives. The COE maintained releases this summer (up to 2400 cfs) and will make winter releases to evacuate all flood storage before spring of 2020. Currently releases are at 1400 cfs and will be dropped to a combined release of 800 cfs before ice formation. Winter releases are not expected to exceed a combined release rate of 850 cfs.
(JRWDD)