Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas • Page 4

4A Sunday; July 28, 1996, Longview News-Journal nenuersuns ou-year quest ior suriace water may oe nearmg ena. Project could mean increase in water, sewer rates Heath said his recent proposal to increase water and sewer rates 10-20 cents per 1,000 gallons for the 1996-97 budget would go more toward paying for water and sewer improvements in past years than toward helping reduce the project's debt "The city's very incidental increases over the years have gone toward helping reduce the amount of money that would be needed for a reservoir project," he said. 7 The basic rates for less than 2,000 gallons of water or less than 8,000 gallons for sewer will remain the same, the city manager said. Heath said that under his proposal, water rates for use over 10,000 gallons would increase from to $2.20 per 1,000 Residents using over 12,000 gallons would see rates increase from $2.30 to $2.50 per 1,000 gallons. Heath said sewer charges would increase from $1,30 to per 1,000 gallons.

The maximum rate would increase from $21 to $22. By Marcus Bennett Longview News-Journal Correspondent HENDERSON If the City Council sells $8.5 million in certificates of obligation for a proposed Sabine River water reservoir and treatment plant, residents also could i see an increase in water and sewer rates. 1 Under state law, the city is' required to pay back the certificates from tax revenues and water and sewer revenues, according to Earl Heath, city manager. future water needs." The reservoir and a $3.5 million water treatment plant will handle that amount, based upon a Sabine River Authority agreement allowing the city to purchase, water from SRA for 20 cents per 1,000 gallons, according to Ralph Stokes of Stokes and Associates, project engineer. Stokes, whose Henderson firm estimated the project's engineering fees at $800,000, has been associated with the city's quest for surface water since 1970.

"A 1965 city council authorized a study of all the potential reservoirs in this area, which produced five or six sites. Lake Striker and Martin Creek Lake have come on since then," Stokes said. Over the past 10 years, several agreements between the river authority, Henderson and Kilgore were made, providing the framework for the project's realization, the mechanical engineer said. "Under an intercity agreement between Henderson and Kilgore, a low-water dam and pump station was completed on the Sabine River," he said. By Marcus Bennett Longview News-Journal Correspondent HENDERSON Next month's bidding on $8.5 million in certificates of obligation for a Sabine River waterreservoir and treatment plant project will mark the beginning of the end for Henderson's 30-year quest for a surface-water supply, according to Earl Heath, city manager.

Henderson has been looking for a surface-water supply because of its very limited aquifer and its desire for future growth, Heath said. "We have about six water wells in use now which will eventually be gone," Heath said, "and when it comes to water, industries don't understand (water) wells. They want to see water." Heath said the city is using 3.5 million gallons of water daily, and the proposed water pipeline and reservoirwater treatment plant would provide an excess of 50 percent more water daily to the city. "Even with 4.5 million gallons of water a day, we will still have some wells he said. "Whether we need additional water or not will depend upon our growth and bikes said other projected costs directly associated with Kilgore include a $15 raw-water pump station at the river anH a $150,000 raw-water intermediate pump station.

"Kilgore will also allow Henderson to use an existing pipeline between Longview and Kilgore at no cost," he said. Stokes said the raw-water main from Kilgore to the reservoirtreatment plant on Texas 322 has an estimated construction cost of $2.6 million. Stokes said construction should start within 18 months, with the project to be completed in three years. Stokes said the river authority also agreed to construct another reservoir, Cherokee No. 2, should water the two cities receive from the Sabine ever be diverted to the DallasFort Worth area.

About 20 years ago, Texas Utilities proposed a similar project, received a construction permit and asked Henderson to participate in the same proposed lake, Stokes said. "The city agreed to join Texas Stokessaid. "There was a possibility that3 water would cost 35 cents per l.OO&i gallons, and it was 26 miles from Henderson," Stokes said. -ta He said he has not received: answers to his recent request forji water costs from that project. However, Stokes said the cost would be around 75 cents and he the lake would ever be constructed; Utilities to construct' the Mill Creek Reservoir, also known- as Cherokee Lake No.

2, which was to be located on Mill Creek just above Lake Cherokee," he said. "Both parties agreed that water would be brought from the Sabine River to make up for any difference in water loss occurring in Cherokee No. 2," he said. Stokes said TU allowed its Cherokee No. 2 permit to expire, apparently because neither the market nor the need for another power plant materialized.

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