Sewer system for Burbank Industrial & Business Parks moves forward in 2015
Work will get underway in January, 2015 on the installation of the sewer system that will serve the Port of Walla Walla’s Burbank Industrial and Business Parks, the Burbank School District and neighboring community.
Port officials have issued a call for bids for the next phase that includes construction of two sewer lift stations, installation of some 8,400 linear feet of sewer lines, 3,300 feet of water lines and the decommissioning of the school district’s septic tanks.
In addition to eliminating problems related to the use of septic tanks, the new system is expected to spur economic development in the Burbank community and within the 120-acre business park.
Port of Walla Walla Commissioners
initiated construction of the Burbank sewer system after reaching an agreement with the City of Pasco in 2012 to buy a portion of its excess sewer treatment capacity.
Phase 1 sewer work at Burbank schools
completed, hook-ups
set for next summer
This past summer the Port awarded a $551,000 contract to Watts Construction
of Kennewick to extend sewer lines to the Columbia School District’s elementary, middle and high schools.
Currently the district has some 900
students in buildings served by nine septic tanks. Next summer when school is “on vacation,” the final connections will be made to the Port’s sewer transmission line and the existing septic tanks will be decommissioned.
The Port extends thanks to State Senator Mike Hewitt and State Representatives
Maureen Walsh and Terry Nealey for
supporting Washington State funding for the school connections.
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Under Snake River segment nears completion
The directional drilling some 80 feet below the water surface of the Snake River to install a 10-inch pressure sewer line from Burbank to Pasco is progressing. The sewer line that will connect to the City of Pasco’s sewer treatment plant should be completed by the end of the year (2014) if all goes well. The contractor is Apex Directional Drilling from Portland, Oregon. The overall cost for this segment of work is estimated at $2.1 million. When completed, the Port’s Burbank Industrial and Business Parks and greater Burbank community, an area now served by septic tanks only, will have access to a municipal sewer treatment system.
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