A new water plant is on tap for the City of Osawatomie. The Osawatomie City Council unanimously passed a resolution to adopt a Water Study Committee’s recommendations to construct a new water treatment plant and replace 75% of the community’s water distribution lines in phases. However, City Manager, Mike Scanlon, says the City has to come up with a secondary water source, also:
Total cost is expected to be about $36 million to $38 million, 45% of which likely would be covered by Grants. Options were available, such as getting out of the water production business and purchase water; but, that looked to be too expensive, as did massive overhaul of the current plant. In the end, Council Members decided it was better not to lose water rights on the Marais Des Cygne and pursue building a new plant.
