More repairs for Woodstock lift station

By Chad Feehan
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
December 15, 2023 Edition

Paradise’s seemingly unending lift station woes trickle on, this time at the Woodstock location.
The sewage facility had to get emergency repairs recently after a surge in the flow with the work having to be done in haste while the station was down.
Repairs to the surge line were carried out, and a brace was installed to prevent future surges, council was told Tuesday.

The repairs were made by Rodco Mechanical to the tune of $16,003.
This past February the Town approved $299,345 to replace piping, valves, and components within the lift station, only to find the facility malfunction again just weeks later. After debating between repairing or replacing a pump in the lift station, council opted to repair it to the tune of $49,695 over an estimated six weeks. Replacing it altogether would extend the life of the station but would have cost $100,199 and taken 17 weeks.
The problems are in addition to those at the infamous Lift Station No. 10, which is being replaced at a cost of some $26 million.