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New Sewer Treatment Plant To Break Ground

Moapa Valley Progress


Groundbreaking for the Clark County Water Reclamation District’s new wastewater treatment facility is set for 1 pm, Thursday, February 21, at the treatment lagoons on the east end of Lewis Lane.  Construction on the $22.7 million project will take about 17-months. The facility will replace the community’s existing evaporative ponds, and will have the capacity to treat 750,000 gallons of water per day.

Elected representatives from our area will be in attendance including County Commissioners Bruce Woodbury and Tom Collins, U.S. Congressman Jon Porter, State Senator Warren Hardy along with Water Reclamation District Chair and County Commissioner Chip Maxfield.

The new treatment facility will be built at the site of the old lagoons.  The 35-year-old lagoons do not meet current standards to protect the environment, including surface and groundwater resources.

“What we’ve seen in Overton is similar to the experience of communities throughout the country, in that they no longer function at a high enough level to meet environmental requirements,” said Commissioner Maxfield.

The new facility will be named the Moapa Valley Water Resource Center.  In addition to rehabilitating the ponds and adding secondary water treatment, the project will also provide capacity for both community development and higher treatment levels, when needed in the future.

Both Commissioners Woodbury and Collins expressed their appreciation for the work done by a Citizens Advisory Committee, current and past Town Advisory Board members, and the many citizens that have participated in the process that has led to the construction of the new facility.

Commissioner Collins, who now resides in Logandale said, “We’ve seen an incredible public dialogue take place in the community these last few years, and are grateful to the many citizens that participated along the way.”

Commissioner Woodbury, who has represented this area for many years stated, “This project isn’t about growth, it is about protecting our limited water resources and the environment, it’s about conscientious citizens investing in clean water and being good stewards of our resources.”

While sewage treatment fees will go up for Overton rate payers, they currently pay around $100 per year. They will not go up as much as originally planned due to action taken last summer by the Water Reclamation District that made the cost to Overton rate payers equal to that of rate payers in the Las Vegas Valley.

Before the Reclamation District’s equalization measure the projected rate for Overton sewer users was around $440, almost 300 percent increase. With the equalization, the rate will be around $178. This rate will be good for a year during which time the Water Reclamation District will develop a 5-year rate plan with the goal of keeping rates equal across the district.

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