EXPANSION PROJECTS
Employees from Swanberg Construction of
Valley City, North Dakota are pictured above working on the building
that will house the meter for the Town of Hecla. The building
should be completed by mid-December.
Hecla Area Expansion (Phase One)
Water service has been completed up to the curb stop for twenty-seven
users along the line to Hecla. Once lines are flushed and
sanitized and all water tests have passed inspection, then water service
is available to the customer. BDM then delivers meter pits to the
user, and the user hires a contractor to install the pit and hook up the
pit to their home or existing system. Meter pits have been
delivered to some of those users, while others have chosen to wait until
spring to complete their hookups. Letters explaining the billing
process are sent to customers when BDM is available for use.
Flushing and sanitizing of lines continues for remainder of the
project. When all water tests have passed for the 14 remaining
services along the line, those people will also be able to hookup to
BDM. This will be true for the Town of Hecla as well. We
anticipate that BDM water will be available to all 41 hookups and the
Town of Hecla by year end.
While the initial construction may be completed this year, there will
be some clean up to be done in the spring. Please call the BDM
office and speak with David about any clean-up issues.
Phase One of the Hecla Area Expansion project was bid on May 6, 2008
at the BDM office. Northern Improvement of Fargo, North Dakota was awarded the construction
contract for this project with the low bid of
$2,310,637.40. The estimate of probable costs for the project is
$2,830,000.00. BDM received funding for this project from a
$575,000.00 loan from Rural Development, a $1,210,000.00 grant from
Rural Development, and a $600,000.00 grant from the State of South
Dakota through the Consolidated Water Facilities Construction Program.
Additional funding for the project came from BDM Rural Water System and
water user hookup fees.
Internal Expansion
Throughout the year several contractors have been working on different areas
of our internal
expansion. Most recently, construction was completed on a line
east of Britton that brought water service to six homes. In the
spring of 2009 work will be completed to provide service to livestock
hookups on that line. During the winter construction will continue
as weather permits to lengthen our line from Nine Mile Lake to north of
Lake City.
BDM will continue with local contractors to hookup customers
that have signed up for our internal expansion project. If you are
signed up for the internal expansion, please feel free to call the
office to inquire about the construction schedule.
