City accepts new water line bid

The city of Sisters will pay $164,455.76 for a new, back-up water line from the Pole Creek reservoir to Pine Meadow Ranch running west of the creek.

Pine Meadow Ranch Development is required to run a water line to the south end of the property and the city has acquired easements to carry the line further south.

Richard Bartels Construction, Inc. was the low bidder on the project. The bid is well under a preliminary engineer's estimate of $225,000.

According to city Public Works Director Gary Frazee, the project will be paid for completely by accumulated water systems development charges.

Sisters currently depends on one vulnerable line for its water.

The water line that runs from the Pole Creek Reservoir approximately five miles from town crosses Squaw Creek twice before it hits town.

The line has been exposed by scouring waters several times and is vulnerable to a washout in one of the periodic floods that turn Squaw Creek into a torrent.

"The main purpose is to have a second feeder line into town in case Squaw Creek ever washes out our line," Frazee said.

According to Frazee, the project will require "almost a mile of pipe" to create the secondary line.

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