NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson City Council approved using a state loan program to accomplish wastewater projects within the city at their meeting on Tuesday.
"The terms of this loan will be $3,570,000 at an interest rate of 2.13%, with a duration of up to 20 years,"said Assistant Public Works Director Jacob Coy.
This will finish rehab work on the lift stations in the city.
"We have 33 lift stations in the collection system that the City of Hutchinson maintains," Coy said. "Twenty-eight of those have been rehabbed to date, so we have five left to do. Those lift stations are 19th and Terrace, 7th and Porter, the industrial park and Regency Park and then the Shears lift station, which is the second largest lift station in the city."
There have also been issues with the grit collection system for the city.
"The second half is the improvements to our head works grit collection system," Coy said. "We'll be replacing the grit removal equipment and associated pipelines."
The City of Hutchinson Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) is located south of Highway 50 on south Halstead Street. The motion for the loan passed unanimously.
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