Dawson’s 25M Solution

Mayor John Steins — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:30:40 +0000

For those of you following Dawson’s progress toward secondary wastwater treatment, you will be pleased to know that a contract has been signed with Corix to design/build a deep shaft system in Dawson (press release). This has profound meaning on many different levels; over the next few years we will see a huge boost in our local construction economy since the main building contractor for the project is local. It also means that Dawson will finally achieve a goal that has been elusive since the early eighties, namely a facility to clean our effluent before dumping in the Yukon River, thereby complying with existing legislation.

And what a slog it has been! Some will remember the years of work and planning that went into developing a state of the art aerated lagoon outside of town. Personally I thought this was the perfect technology for Dawson, unfortunately it was rejected by some political forces beyond our sphere of influence and we were compelled to return to the drawing board. It’s a good thing there’s an endless supply of taxpayer’s money flowing to our little town (tongue planted firmly in cheek!).

I have no doubt that this deep shaft technology will work for us. A big concern is that is sustainable for the rate payer. The operation and maintenance of this facility will hopefully stay within the projected estimates and perhaps other capital expenditures can be justified down the road with the intent of beating back the O&M. We also have to dissect the existing ledger for the day to day costs of distributing water and sewer to all the connections in our municipality with an eye to perhaps lowering rates in general.

Be glad that after almost thirty years dawson will finally have a facility for cleaning our wastewater!

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