Iola will hire Professional Engineering Consultants for engineering services related to planned upgrades in the city’s wastewater collection system.
The city will pay PEC up to $28,000 to decide the scope of the work to the nearly century-old, mostly underground system.
Engineers Jim Martin and Alex Darby provided council members with the results of an extensive evaluation of about 100,000 feet of subterranean sewer lines and all 14 of the city’s wastewater pump stations and 820 manholes.
Their findings revealed that five of the pump stations required varying…
Time needed to pay for costly upgrades
