PIERRE — The City of Pierre is looking to improve the reliability of it’s wastewater system by outfitting lift stations with generators. Utilities Director Brad Palmer requested moving forward with the generator purchases from the Pierre City Commission Tuesday…
The targeted lift stations are the Neltom, Thompson and Almond units. Palmer says outfitting lift stations with back up power is something new for the city…
Palmer says while the city’s electric infrastructure is solid, the systems that get the power to Pierre are becoming a bigger question mark for reliability…
Each generator has a price of 26-thousand 213 dollars. Two include a 15-percent inflation allowance taking their cost to just under 31-thousand dollars. Ferding Elecric of Pierre made the bid and will install the generators.
