The $34.95 million base bid the Hot Springs Board of Directors awarded Tuesday night exceeded the available balance in the Lake Ouachita water supply project bond fund by almost $8 million, but the city said soliciting a new round of bids would be even costlier.
HOT SPRINGS The $34.95 million contract to build a water treatment plant the Hot Springs Board of Directors will consider Tuesday exceeds the remaining balance in the Lake Ouachita water supply project by almost $8 million.
The $34.95 million contract to build a water treatment plant the Hot Springs Board of Directors will consider Tuesday exceeds the remaining balance in the Lake Ouachita water supply project by almost $8 million.
City directors approved spending about $12.8 million in American Rescue Plan money to increase capacity in city sewer basins No. 10 and No. 14 as part of ongoing work under a consent decree.
Leveraging the 60-foot difference in elevation between Lake Ouachita and south Garland County, the city will gravity flow water from the lake to the new treatment plant it's building on Little Mazarn Road.