Dr. Larry Walker – Serious About Service

On May 29, the ECUA board awarded contracts for four major components of the Central Water Reclamation Facility project. The biggest contract–for $102 million–was for construction of the new treatment plant. Contracts were let for two of three segments of the 25-mile-long main sewage transmission line from downtown to the new plant site, and a fourth contract was awarded for construction of one of several major lift stations.

Happily, one of the four contract winners was a local company, Utility Service Company of Gulf Breeze (Bill Lee, president). The other three contracts were awarded to Alabama and Georgia companies; even so, it is expected that out-of-town general contractors will make extensive use of local subcontractors.

For more information on progress of the CWRF project, including the schedule for the awarding of additional contracts, go to the ECUA website, http://www.ecua.org.