City Commissioners will consider awarding a $4.4 million contract to Sletten Construction during their Oct. 4 meeting for the wastewater treatment plant clarifier rehabilitation project. The project work includes: complete removal and improvements to the designated secondary clarifiers including: standpipe and mechanism replacement, effluent launder replacement, concrete surface restoration and coatings, and replacement and addition of controls equipment, according to

The city is preparing for new federal regulations pertaining to lead levels in public drinking water that are set to go into effect October 2024. The rules will lower the amount of detectable lead in the water that triggers treatment actions and data reporting, with the potential for significant cost to the City of Great Falls. The new rules are from

City Commissioners will consider during their Aug. 16 meeting an update to the downtown urban renewal plan and two stormwater projects. The commission adopted the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan in 2012, after the development and adoption of the Downtown Master Plan, which is a “blueprint for the revitalization and redevelopment of downtown, and recommended the creation of an urban renewal