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Independent review finds Master Water Plan flawed
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A Master Water Plan that was never completed and for which the county paid Krebs Engineering over $200,000 was found to contain serious flaws in an independent review submitted to county officials recently by the Water and Sewerage Authority. The review, prepared by three different engineering firms and the authority’s own chief engineer, cited inflated population projections and water demands, an inadequate hydraulic model, and a “lack of understanding regarding the transmission and distribution system,” contributing to “poorly-supported recommendations in the report.” According to the