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GPIWA reviews 2020 projects, looks ahead
By PAULETTE LeBLANC - | Mar 3, 2021
Workers paint the water tank at the Greater Pine Island Water Association. Photo provided
At the annual meeting of the Greater Pine Island Water Association, projects taken on in 2020 were discussed, such as instrumentation for the RO plant controls, rewiring of the deep injection, monitoring and clearwell, the Pine Island Road project, container removal, repainting of the storage tank, radio read meters installation and the creation of the tank at the center office.
And, the board decided no water rate increase was needed for 2021.
General Manager Laurie Adams described the rewiring of the wells as a complicated project. In most cases, she said, the systems are dependent on the wiring, making it a significant undertaking.