Medical Lake's South Lake Terrace lift station to receive upgrade

At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council approved a contract to Accelerated Construction and Excavating, LLC to fix the South Lake Terrace lift station.

According to City Administrator Doug Ross, the current lift station was built in the mid- to late-1970s and is one of six that serve the city.

The city of Medical Lake is on flat terrain with the sewer pipes flowing downhill. The South Lake lift station collects sewage from underground gravity pipelines and stores it in its wet well. When the sewage rises to a point, it is lifted through a pipe system and discharged into a gravity...

 

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