Facility updates were a point of discussion Tuesday at meetings of the Greeneville Water Commission and Greeneville Energy Authority.
Water Commission Superintendent Laura White told her board , the water intake facility damaged by the September flooding will apparently remain at its Nolichucky River location, according to FEMA, which assisting with the project. Repairs are underway, including work with the Greeneville Energy Authority, which is waiting on the arrival of two new transformers to replace the ones destroyed in the flood. When installed , that will allow the pumping station to return to electrical. Currently the diesel powered pumps are outside of the building.
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While GEA awaits delivery to assist the water department needs , company President and CEO Dwayne Wells updated his board members Tuesday on beginning the process of replacing aging substation transformers. Of the 42 such transformers currently being used , he says around 70% of those have outlived their life expectancy. The one at the Albany substation he reported, has been there since 1967.
The GEA Board, at Wells request, advised he and Power Services Director Robert Keller to move forward with getting projections for the long and expensive process of purchasing replacement transformers. The units, which pre-pandemic, cost around $300,000, could now cost around $900,000.
Building of and delivery of the units also takes time, anywhere between one to three years.
