BY THE NUMBERS
Contracts awarded in Miamisburg’s $69 million water and sewer master plan:
- $924,000: Wellhouses
- $1.89 million: Westover pump station and force main
- $2.89 million: Riverview water and sewer line
- $3.89 million: Richard Street water tank and transmission main
- $7.49 million: Benner Road water booster station and transmission main
- $9.83 million: Eastside pump station
- $15.8 million: Water reclamation facility
Source: City of Miamisburg
STAYING WITH THE STORY
The Dayton Daily News has covered this issue for more than two years, reporting on the water and sewer rate hikes Miamisburg has approved for customers, as well as the city’s awarding of contracts. For comprehensive past coverage of this issue, visit MyDaytonDailyNews.com
A project to install a water softening system estimated to cost Miamisburg customers $11.6 million is moving forward.
The proposal, expected to take two years, is the last major project yet to be contracted in the city's $69 million water and sewer master plan, said Steve Morrison, the project manager.
The project’s completion will give Miamisburg the ability treat and soften up to 4.5 million gallons a day, about 2 million more than the city’s nearly 8,000 customers use daily, Morrison said
“Softening really means removing the calcium and magnesium in the water, which are standard components — reducing those to give the resident softened water,” he said. “(It’s) very similar to all of the water that’s being used throughout the region, because Dayton provides the majority of that water and they soften their water.”
The upgrades, many of which are mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency, are being funded by customer rate increases. Miamisburg has had hard water in the city's system since it started serving residents and businesses in the 1940s, according to Morrison.
Perhaps that’s why customers in the city — which has already awarded more than $40 million in master plan contracts — are so focused on the issue.
“Of all our water and sewer improvements taking place,” according to Miamisburg Mayor Dick Church Jr., “I get asked about water softening more than anything. While softening is still over two years away, I know there is a lot of interest by our residents.”
Miamisburg City Council on March 1 is expected to approve the seeking of bids for the soft water system. With council’s affirmative vote, the city will likely seek bids throughout March and award them in late April, Morrison said.
While Miamisburg customers have seen traffic patterns altered and construction with previous work, the softening project will given them a different sensation, Morrison said.
“(With) this project the residents will actually feel the difference — because the water that they’re going to be getting is going to be softened like the rest of the water in the region,” he said.
The plan calls for a soft water treatment facility to be built just north of the city’s treatment building on Riverview Avenue.
It will involve constructing a site that will be about 100 feet by 100 feet that can work in compatibility with Miamisburg’s current system, Morrison said.
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