Aaron: water is flowing into Daggett County treatment plant; state approval expected within weeks

At the Daggett County Municipal Building Authority meeting on March 24, a project representative identified only as Aaron reported that water is now flowing into the county's new treatment plant but that the facility is not yet fully operational.

Aaron said, "The water is flowing and going into the treatment plant, and, it's not fully functional yet, and there's a bunch of testing going on. But it is in the process where within the last, like, month of that, testing being completed, turned into the state to be able to get the final approvals there." He added that some construction details remain ("The doors there. Not the gaps, not fully in, but it's closed") and estimated that, with state approvals, it would "probably be about a month before the week are actually, like, turning stuff over and then switching over to the new plant."

The Chair asked for the update near the end of the meeting; the board did not take formal action on the update. The report indicates testing has been completed and submitted to the state for final approvals, but no exact state deadline or final inspection date was provided.

Why it matters: switching to the new plant affects local water treatment operations and the timing for when the county can shift distribution to the new facility. The representative’s estimate of about one month is a projected timeline conditioned on receiving state approval.

The MBA adjourned at about 10:00 a.m.; there was no vote tied specifically to the water treatment update.