Everson-Nooksack News
Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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Upgrading the sewage treatment plant A lot of work will be done through the summer; new system to be operational in 2017 By Elisa Claassen for the Lynden Tribune
EVERSON — Work started already in January on a $4.2 million, 395-day upgrade of the wastewater treatment plant shared with Nooksack. Everson Public Works Director Dave Schoonover and long-time department employee Rick Holt said the system will change from extended aeration to be a complete-mix activated sludge plant by this time in 2017. The plant, located adjacent to Riverside Park, was originally built in 1972. Another upgrade occurred in 1988. Schoonover said he is excited about the eco-friendly aspect of the upgrade to recycle effluent water and be able to reuse it for in-plant service water and thereby cut down on using potable water. With long-term solutions in mind, a sewer plan was created in 2011 by Lyndenbased Reichhardt & Ebe Engineering in conjunction with Stantec Consulting Corporation. Since the plant was considered See Building on C2 The heavy equipment is on site to do the upgrading of Everson’s wastewater treatment plant. (Elisa Claassen/Lynden Tribune)
NV schools construction to start in June Sequence is elementary, middle and high, all completed in 2017 EVERSON — This is an update of the Nooksack Valley School District’s building construction schedule from Superintendent Mark Johnson last week. These projects are a result of voters’ 69 percent passage of a bond issue of nearly $28 million in February 2015. 1. At Nooksack Elementary School four new
classrooms will be built and an existing playshed will be enlarged and partially enclosed. A needed conditional-use permit has been received and the district is going out to bid on the project this month. Construction will start in June and be completed by December. 2. A new 500-student Nooksack Valley Middle School will be built. “Plans are about 90 percent complete and we plan to go out to bid by the third week in May,” Johnson said. “Bids will be opened and a contract awarded by the third week in June.” Construction should start in July and be complet-
ed by August 2017. 3. Multiple projects are slated for the high school, including rebuilding its 1954 sections. The Career and Technical Education area will be renovated, a new fitness center built, and art and science classrooms renovated. “The plans are about 75 percent complete. The bid process will start in late June and a contract would be awarded in July. Construction is scheduled to start in August, with completion set for the fall of 2017,” Johnson said.