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Consideration of request by Director of Public Works for approval of a Relocation Order and Acquisition Plat relative to the purchase of land from 11415 W. Burleigh Street for the installation of a water pumping station at the Burleigh Water Tower site
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Submitted by:
David Simpson
Department:
Public Works
A. Issue
The City's Common Council has allocated $5.25 Million from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the design and construction of a secondary west zone water pumping station, CIP Project #5113. As part of that project a small area of land needs to be purchased from the adjacent property owner. At this time approval of a Relocation Order and Acquisition Plat is needed in order to acquire property located at 11415 West Burleigh Street, as part of an eminent domain proceeding, for purposes of necessary water pumping station construction.
B. Background/Options
Wauwatosa owned water pumping stations currently receive water from Milwaukee Water Works and subsequently pump the water at an elevated pressure to homes, businesses, and elevated storage towers across the City. Pumping stations and elevated towers ensure that appropriate water pressure and volume are available throughout the City for residential, commercial, and firefighting efforts when necessary. The City of Wauwatosa's water utility provides service to two separate pressure districts, east and west. The eastern district utilizes three pumping stations and two elevated towers, while the western district only has one station and one tower available at this time. The lack of a secondary pumping station makes the western district extremely vulnerable to system wide failures if the water feeding the pumping station or the pumping station itself experiences a failure. If a systemwide failure were to occur and pressure within the system was reduced the lack of pressure would result in potential contamination to the drinking water supply as well severely limit the ability to provid...
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