October 1, 2021 |
Rawlins officials took a big step toward making critical repairs to the city’s failing water infrastructure. By combining more than $700,000 in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act with a loan from the city’s General Fund, Rawlins should have enough money to cover the cost of the phase one repairs to four leaks in the twenty-inch steel line that delivers drinking water from Sage Creek. Cali O’Hare has the latest update in the city’s ongoing water woes.
Pictured above: A swollen creek bed overflows into a culvert beneath Highway 71, the Sage Creek Road. The water here is the result of a blown out valve at Lone Tree Creek, which is gushing 500,000 gallons a day. A colony of beavers has built a dam downstream. Photo by Cali O’Hare/Bigfoot 99.
List of Rawlins Sage Creek Springs & Steel Line Emergency Repairs
Resolution addressing the acceptance of the ARPA Funds
Supplemental Budget Appropriation Resolution – Trans from ARPA to the Water Fund
Supplemental Budget Appropriation Resolution Trans to Water Fund as loan for Sage Creek Pipeline
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