Fort Madison, IA – Fort Madison could start working, as soon as next week, on securing the necessary land for its new water plant. City Manager Larry Dinwiddie says Fort Madison would need about 120 acres for the $13,000,000 project. He says a piece of property, southwest of the city, has been appraised and that appraisal is being reviewed. Once that step is complete, Dinwiddie says the site, which passed initial tests, will have to be tested again. Dinwiddie says the results would be sent to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Construction is still scheduled to begin in late 2008 and be completed in 2009.
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Additional Information
* Dinwiddie says building a new plant would actually be a better investment, financially, in the long run when compared to repairing the current site.
* The city has received close to $1,000,000 from the federal government for the project.