City happy to find new home for water pipeline
The City of North Battleford is after finding a new home for the 3.5 kilometres of pipeline used to transport water from the Town of Battleford to supplement the city’s water system following the Husky Energy oil spill in July 2016.
At its recent meeting, city council accepted the highest of four offers and sold the pipe to Lakeview Colony, in care of Anderson Pump House Ltd., for $1.60 per metre, a total of $5,600.
“We had no use for it, and the pipe can deteriorate if it’s not used over time,” Mayor Ryan Bater said. “We felt the best option was to liquidate it and to put it up for tender for sale.”
In his report, Stewart Schafer, the city’s director of utility services, said new high-density polyethylene pipe usually sells for $16.40 per metre, but contractors won’t purchase used pipe because it doesn’t come with a manufacturer’s warranty.