The Lockwood Water and Sewer District (LWSD) is finalizing plans to build a second bulk water service site.
The site will be at the corner of Johnson Lane and Prairie Drive. The LWSD board has agreed to purchase the property — about 1.2 acres for $11,400. It was appraised by S. M. Repac for $9,500 per acre.
Morrison Maierle will design the facility. Jill Cook of Morrison Maierle said that the County Public Works Department has already looked at it to make sure an appropriate access could be built there. She said a rough estimate for developing the site is $270,000. Board member Stuart Deans pointed out that hopefully that cost will be paid for with the sale of bulk water.
LWSD will also have to build a line extending water to the property and details about that were discussed at length during the board meeting last Wednesday evening. The line, while serving the water station, is a line that is in the district’s long-term planning, so building it will be in keeping with the district’s future needs. Discussion was about how far to build the line which will extend along Johnson Lane to Prairie Drive, but in keeping with future plans it will eventually need to be built to the intersection with Highway 87, and perhaps even further toward Lockwood School. Impacting their decision will be issues of cost and how soon they think the line will be needed.
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