Water lacking for planned Lehigh fire station

excrept for News Press story... By Justin St. Clair

Originally posted on August 17, 2006

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Commissioners decided in June to look into digging a well for the station, but construction managers told them at their Wednesday meeting that a well wouldn't provide enough water to meet state standards.

"We're gambling on a $2.5 million fire station and a $500,000 water line that we don't even know we're going to be able to use?" Commissioner Jeff Berndt asked the board's attorney and the construction managers, engineers and architect that laid out the board's options. "I can1t put into words the level of disappointment that has been dropped into my lap"

John Pfisterer, a project manager for Fowler Construction, said his company
found that it would be much more expensive to build the kind of well needed
to supply enough water for the station.

Richard Pringle, the fire board's attorney, said the district must push for
an agreement with the Florida Governmental Utility Authority to supply
enough water for the station if the line is installed.