Odessa Water Main Upgrade Aims to Prevent Breaks
City plans to repair aging water pipes to avoid costly breaks and street floods. Large mains can cause huge holes and neighborhood floods. officials say staying ahead reduces damage and revenue loss. Crews conducted six main-line tweaks as day warmed and ice melted.
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Odessa water project aims to upgrade aging pipes citywide
The Odessa water program details Phase I completed in central Odessa with Phase 2 at Business 20 and Club Drive finished, Phase 3 near Clements and 20 under construction, Phases 4 and 5 design, Phase 6 design near 8th Street and 61-20, Phase 7 bids Tuesday. The city treats and reuses wastewater runoff for irrigation and industry, and notes hard salty water. The project has cost over 20 million so far, with 10 to 12 million expected this year and completion hoped by 2013.
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Hatch urges Kagan to recuse from health care case
Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican critic of the health care overhaul, says Justice Elena Kagan should sit out the Supreme Court review of the law. He argues she discussed the matter while at the Justice Department and asks for recusal, a decision he says she must make.
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Community training pledge echoes faith in local college
From Page to Ainsworth, Bosworth’s 275 employees trained at Odessa College. He proposes a 10 year payment plan to show the college remains operative and an investment in the community. Williams then traveled to Austin on Wednesday with a delegation.
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