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5.16.03 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues Platte West Permit Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the permit to allow the Metropolitan Utilities District to build a water treatment plant and wellfield. The M.U.D. Board of Directors will vote at a special board meeting May 30 to ratify the General Manager's signature on the permit, and to approve a design consultant for the project. "We are unable to comment on the details of the permit until we have an opportunity to fully study the record of decision," said General Manager Tom Wurtz. "On behalf of the Board of Directors and our customer-owners, we are grateful to the Corps, the EPA, our Nebraska U.S. Senators, Congressional Representatives, State Senators, home builders associations, and all other public officials for their efforts in helping to obtain this permit," he said. "We plan to move with all deliberate speed to design and build the facility as soon as possible." "The Platte West facility will be an economic growth engine for the metro area and adjacent counties for the next 50 years," said Board Chairman Mark Doyle. "Our customer-owners, current and future, can be assured we will have plenty of safe drinking water for all their residential, commercial and industrial needs." "We will manage the resource of the Platte River water and operate in an environmentally-sound manner that does not harm agricultural or recreational interests," said Wurtz. "We have a proven record of being a good neighbor at our Florence and Platte River Plants." |
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