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 The Newport News City Council directed Interim City Manager Neil Morgan and Waterworks Director Brian Ramaley to end the 22-year King William Reservoir Project after a presentation during a work session. The presentation was the result of a 120-day assessment requested by the city council, which had indicated in June that it wanted to scrap the reservoir project. The U.S. Justice Department had then decided it would not appeal a U.S. District Court ruling against the Army Corps of Engineers permit for the reservoir. The only way to keep the reservoir alive would be to revisit work the city had done in the mid-1990s, reassessing water needs and considering all possible alternatives to the reservoir, which would take at least two years and cost several million dollars. The city was spending about $1 million per month when it suspended work on the reservoir. The projected cost at completion was about $300 million. By the time the termination process is complete, the city will have spent $54 million. Also contributing to the decision to end the project is the assessment that the city is in good shape in terms of water supply because of the Lee Hall desalination plant built in 1998 and participation by water users in aggressive water conservation practices. As a result, water demand has remained static while the city has supplied water to about 60,000 more customers.
Newport News Daily Press: Article
The city Waterworks Department will reevaluate the city’s water needs using a 10-year outlook. The process will aim to involve a range of stakeholders, including opponents of the reservoir and residents who had volunteered ideas to increase water supplies. Council members had a list of questions for the presenters about why the city relied on faulty data and consultants who make mistakes.
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