Fairhope, Alabama
FELS AVENUE PUMPING STATION
A new storage tank has been delivered for the replacement of the city's oldest sewage pumping/lift station on Mobile Street, at the foot of Fels Avenue.
The tank had to be specially made, delaying the start of the project for several months.
This station receive sewage form others on the south side of town and pumps it northward over the hill to the city's treatment plant north of city hall.
Cost of this project is $560K; other collection system upgrades are expected to begin next year.
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| Fairhope sewage system upgrade |
FELS AVENUE PUMPING STATION
A new storage tank has been delivered for the replacement of the city's oldest sewage pumping/lift station on Mobile Street, at the foot of Fels Avenue.
The tank had to be specially made, delaying the start of the project for several months.
This station receive sewage form others on the south side of town and pumps it northward over the hill to the city's treatment plant north of city hall.
Cost of this project is $560K; other collection system upgrades are expected to begin next year.
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Comments
It was upgraded several time to increase capacity, most recently in 2013 ($10 million).
The previous city council/mayor (in 2011) decided to upgrade it ... rather than spend over twice that to build a new treatment plant south of the airport.
The same council (2008-12) considered selling the plant to the private Baldwin County Sewer Service as well.