With the help of $35.3 million in state grants, the city of Reed City has been taking large and rapid strides toward updating its water and wastewater infrastructure.
City Manager Rich Saladin said they expected the system overhaul to take a decade or more, but thanks to extensive planning and being in the right place at the right time, assistance from the state is allowing them to finish the project in about three years.
The overhaul also includes the construction of two new wells to replace the city’s existing wells, which are around 60 years old, and demolition of the old wastewater treatment plant and removal of a trestle bridge that for decades transported sewage over the Hersey River.
The south side wastewater treatment plant was built several decades ago. As the city grew and its treatment needs expanded, another facility was built in the 1990s in a different part of town.
As a result of the treatment system being split between two locations, sewage had to be transported underneath the Hersey River multiple times before it was ready to be discharged as clean water.
The trestle bridge was also installed many decades ago, possibly over an old railroad spur that spanned the Hersey River. It was installed to transport sewage from residences on the other side of the river to the treatment plant.
EV Construction is proud to be the construction partner on the Reed City Wastewater Treatment Plant project.
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