COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL RAMP from A1 Corporation will begin during the week of June 22. Currently, the plant’s production capacity of fi ltered water runs at 4 million gallons per day. Once completed late this summer, the project will increase the city’s capacity to 6 million gallons. Th e need for expansion is two-fold. “First, it off ers redun- dancy in our plant,” said Public Works and De- Public Notices The Lowest Rates in Lane County PUBLIC MEETINGS, TRUSTEE NOTICES, PROBATE, AUCTION & FORECLOSURE NOTICES, AND MORE. Published weekly in the Cottage Grove Sentinel and online at cgsentinel.com S entinel C ottage G rove Contact: Meg Fringer 541-942-3325 x1200 mfringer@cgsentinel.com velopment Director Faye Stewart. In the winter months, the city uses around 1 mil- lion gallons, and in sum- mer a little over 3 million gallons per day. With two fi lter banks able to pro- duce 2 million gallons per day each, the failure of one may prevent the plant from meeting the water needs of the city. A third rack would ensure that doesn’t happen. Th e redundancy may also serve to fi ght fi res as recent years have seen an uptick in fi re emergencies. “We’ll be able to pro- duce more water on de- mand and that will help if we have a large fi re,” said Stewart. Th e expansion will also allow the city to perfect its water rights for the site. Th e city has upwards of 12 million gallons of water rights on paper and the added capacity of the plant will perfect 6 million gallons. “It’s projected that the 6-million-gallons-a-day fi ltration system should be able to meet all of our needs well into the year 2050 for the City of Cot- tage Grove,” Stewart said. Recycled Water Storage and Pump Station Project Meanwhile, work con- tinues at the city’s waste- water treatment plant by R&G Excavation, which is currently focused for the next two weeks on the construction of berms for the storage of 12 million gallons of treated effl uent during the warm months of the year. “It’s important because the city has a discharge permit with DEQ (Ore- gon Department of En- vironmental Quality) and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency),” said Stewart. Because discharge is limited to the Coast Fork of the Willamette River during the warm months of the year, the storage will give the city greater capac- ity to pump the stored wa- ter to the city’s golf course, the I-5 interchange at exit 174 and various city parks. Middlefi eld Golf Course, owned by the city, is currently used to re- lease effl uent as irrigation. However, during rain, the city lacks a place to discharge other than the river. Scheduled for comple- tion in January 2021, the project will allow the city to store effl uent on those days and start irrigation in Bohemia Park and Trailhead Park, adding 35 acres of irrigatable land. Th is will also help pre- vent from violating the city’s discharge permit. Stewart also feels the construction project is in line with recent requests by the public for the city to take steps toward a “greener” future. “To me, this project fi ts really great,” he said. “It also allows us to start us- ing recycled water in irri- gating our parks instead of using treated drink- ing water. So, if we’re not utilizing as much treated drinking water, we’re not having to take as much water out of the river to meet our demand. … And it reduces our envi- ronmental impact in that area.” At this time of year, Stewart estimates about 25,000 gallons of water a day are being used in Bo- hemia Park. As the tem- perature rises, this is ex- pected to go up to 50,000 gallons a day. 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Th e work starts at the intersection of Grant Avenue and South Fourth Street moving north along Lincoln Middle School on South Fourth Street up to Taylor Avenue. Crews will be taking the asphalt layer off South Fourth Street and grav- el will be placed at the driveway approaches for a smooth transition. Pave- ment will be removed on South Fourth Street and new sidewalks will be built. New water, sewer and storm lines will be in- stalled in these areas as well. 9A “It’s my understanding that, at the end of the day, people are going to be able to use their driveways, access their property, but they may have a period of time during the day where we’re actually working and they’re not going to be able to access their home,” said Stewart. “But our intent is to work really closely with all the prop- erty owners and make sure that we communicate well with them about the project, our needs, and hopefully accommodate their needs to get into their property.” Th e city will provide weekly updates on its Construction Corner website. “Th e goal is to have ev- erything completed in that area before school starts in the fall,” said Stewart. “And then the project will continue to work into probably about November working on concrete work and sidewalks.” For additional details on the projects, visit the city’s Construction Cor- ner at: www.cottagegrove. org/publicworks/page/ construction-corner. 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