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By Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
Demolition of Sweet Home's
old Water Treatment Plant was com-
pleted on Friday, Nov. 16.
The city's new Water Treatment
Plant went on line on Aug. 13, 2009,
replacing a plant that was built in the
1930s and upgraded in the 1960s.
The plant had become incapa-
ble of meeting U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency drinking water
standards, which increased in the
late 1990s. The plant could not meet
chlorine contact time requirements.
Staton Companies of Eugene
began demolishing the old plant on
Nov. 5.
The cost was about $39,000.
The demolition included a re-
moval of a limited amount of asbes-
tos and lead paint abatement, which
took less than a day, said Public
Works Director Mike Adams. After
abatement, the contractor went in
with an excavator and knocked over
the structure, located at the north
end of Ninth Avenue, and then broke
the concrete into gravel that will be
stored and used for future projects.
The contractor salvaged the
metals from the structure, Adams
said. The salvage was recognized
as part of the contract, reflecting the
low bid.
The intake structure above the
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An excavator tears into the Water Treatment Plant offices and labs, rolling over the demolished clear wells.
South Santiam River was also re- The plant was located at the site
moved, Adams said. of the old Public Works offices and
The area around the plant is sur- maintenance facilities.
rounded by a temporary fence, Ad- Those buildings are being used
ams said. It will remain in place until to store surplus furniture and sup-
city staff can decide what the best al- plies, and the city is using it for parks
ternative will be for the property, operation and maintenance.
Options could include dividing
the property and selling some of it
or making a park, for example, Ad-
ams said. "It's an open space right
now."
And the city has no specific
plans for it fight now, he said.
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