$4.4M Water Project
Beverly to see sewer improvements
The Inter-Mountain photos by Brad Johnson Pipe is stacked up alongside the Beverly Five-lane to be used in the Town of Beverly’s $4.4 million water and sewer project.
The project will increase flow rates and the system’s capacity, decreasing operating costs and meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements.
The Inter-Mountain photos by Brad Johnson Pipe is stacked up alongside the Beverly Five-lane to be used in the Town of Beverly’s $4.4 million water and sewer project.
The project will increase flow rates and the system’s capacity, decreasing operating costs and meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements.
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BEVERLY - A $4.4 million water and sewer project is currently underway in Beverly.
The project will "upgrade and improve the existing sanitary sewer system and consolidate flow from individual service areas from the south into a common force main" and also upgrade the Town of Beverly's pump stations, according to West Virginia Public Service Commission documents.
Completing the project will reduce the system's inflow and infiltration problems, which the Town of Beverly is required to do under an order from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
The project will also increase flow rates, which will reduce surcharges in the wastewater collection system, and increase the system's capacity, decreasing operating costs and meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements.
In September 2022, the Town of Beverly filed an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to "improve its existing sanitary sewer system south of the existing wastewater treatment plan, along Dodson Run Road and in the Beverly Hills subdivision, including upgrading Pump Stations 1, 2, 3 and 5, and constructing a new force main from Pump Station No. 1 to the wastewater treatment plant," according to a state PSC order finalized in January 2023.
The financing for the project required a water rate increase, which was adopted by Beverly City Council by an ordinance on Oct. 31, 2022. The 26.9% rate increase resulted in $122,643 in additional revenue, according to the PSC order.
The project has an estimated cost of approximately $4,408,000. The town is funding the project with a $410,000 West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council grant, a $90,000 WVIJDC Soft Cost grant, a $666,400 WVlJDC loan at 2% interest for 30 years, and a $3,241,600 U.S. Economic Development Administration grant.
Information provided for potential bidders on the project's contract work stated that the project work would include "Furnishing all materials, labor and necessary items for the construction and installation of approximately 5,610 linear feet of 8" diameter gravity sewer main, 1,525 linear feet of 6" diameter gravity sewer main, 2,710 linear feet of 6" diameter laterals, 5070 linear feet of 12" diameter force main, 4,370 linear feet of 8" diameter force main, 735 linear feet of 6" force main, 70 manholes, replace 29 existing manholes, 6 cleanouts, 12 force main cleanouts, five lift station upgrades, abandon 17 manholes and other related appurtenances as outlined."
The engineering firm for the project is E.L. Robinson Engineering Co., which operates in multiple states and has an office in Charleston. Pro Contracting Inc., of Lost Creek in Harrison County, is the contractor for the project.