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Meeting set in Ottumwa on sewer separation project
By Steve Dunn/Gate City Managing Editor
Municipal officials from Keokuk and other cities in Iowa will meet with an environmental attorney in Ottumwa Wednesday.
All the cities are facing federally-mandated sewer separation projects that will cost millions and millions of dollars. Keokuk hopes to get more than 17 years to separate storm and sanitary sewers at a projected cost of $60 million. Ottumwa is looking at a $140 million project.
At this point, the City of Keokuk has not signed a consent decree that would spell out the terms of the project.
“Keokuk wants to be accountable to Iowa - not the federal EPA,” Mayor David Gudgel said last week.
Sewer rate increases are a likely source of revenue to pay for much of the sewer separation work.
All the cities are facing federally-mandated sewer separation projects that will cost millions and millions of dollars. Keokuk hopes to get more than 17 years to separate storm and sanitary sewers at a projected cost of $60 million. Ottumwa is looking at a $140 million project.
At this point, the City of Keokuk has not signed a consent decree that would spell out the terms of the project.
“Keokuk wants to be accountable to Iowa - not the federal EPA,” Mayor David Gudgel said last week.
Sewer rate increases are a likely source of revenue to pay for much of the sewer separation work.
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