3/2/2008 9:37:00 PM
City moves toward installation
of arsenic treatment
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PRESCOTT - With recent progress to report, city officials will update the Prescott City Council this week on efforts to install arsenic treatment units on city water wells in Chino Valley.
The update will be among the issues the council will consider at a study session at 3 p.m., Tuesday at Prescott City Hall, 201 S. Cortez St.
According to an informational memo, the city recently made inroads into its permit approval process with the Town of Chino Valley for the wellhead arsenic treatment on four of its water wells.
Prescott Utilities Director Jim Ciaffoni reported on Friday that he hopes the city will receive building permits for the work by early April, with the installation beginning later that month.
The work then would continue in May and June, with completion of the first four wellhead units by July.
The city also is proceeding with permits for its remaining wells, Ciaffoni said, and the Town of Chino Valley will conduct a neighborhood meeting on the matter on March 17, with Planning and Zoning Commission consideration on March 20.
Ciaffoni noted that "under the normal time frame," the city should have the necessary remaining permits by June or July, and if all goes as planned, installation of the final two wellhead treatment units could be complete by fall.
That would satisfy the January 2009 deadline extension that the city expects to receive from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for installation of its arsenic treatment system.
The treatment system is the result of new federal standards that went into effect in January 2006, lowering the acceptable level of arsenic in drinking water from the previous 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion. Originally, the city had until January 2008 to comply with the new guidelines, but has since applied for an extension.
In other action, the council will consider a $538,552 contract with Civiltec Engineering, Inc., in association with HDR, Inc., for the Highway 169 connector to Fain Road and the Chino Valley extension corridor studies.
The studies are projects of the Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization, for which the city provides the personnel, purchasing, and accounting services.
While the bulk of the money for the contract would come from the Federal Highway Administration, the local governments are responsible for a total of $134,660. Of that, Prescott would pay $49,824, while Yavapai County would be responsible for $37,705, Prescott Valley would pay $35,012, and Chino Valley would pay $12,119.
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