The Sweet Home City Council last week approved a $779,000 engineering and design contract with Brown and Caldwell for the fourth phase of its inflow and infiltration reduction project.
So far the city has spent some $9 million in three phases to reduce I&I, which is water that leaks into the wastewater collection system through deteriorating pipes and cross connections with drainage. I&I problems can cause the city’s wastewater
treatment plant to be overwhelmed by…