Eudora seeks Build Kansas support to move water‑treatment plant out of flood plain

The committee considered a FEMA BRIC application from the city of Eudora to relocate a 1972 water‑treatment plant out of the 100‑year flood plain adjacent to the Wakarusa River. Jason said the proposed facility would be a 2.5 million gallons‑per‑day treatment plant and the Build Kansas request in the application was $4,814,025; the city previously spent about $1,800,000 on design and environmental studies.

Committee members questioned whether the existing plant had flooded historically. Jason offered to call up the applicant's representative; Tracy Streeter, a Burns & McDonnell consultant who attended, said the current plant is in the flood plain and the proposed site is higher and outside the flood plain. The committee forwarded the application with no recorded opposition.