Basin residents float ideas for water project

A few ideas bubbled to the surface last week from residents who offered alternatives to the Basin Water and Sewer District’s plan to take out a loan to install water meters and put the Quartz Avenue pump house back online.

Using ultraviolet light to disinfect the water, as well as hiring a commercial leak locator, were the two main ideas proposed in the hour allotted for public comments during the Board’s regular Aug. 11 meeting. 

The Board did raise two concerns with those proposals — as using UV light rather than chemicals would require a larger building and more equipment to meet state requirements, and leak-finding equipment is often ineffective on the asbestos concrete (AC) pipe that is currently used in Basin.