Salt Lake City, Utah –EarthFax Engineering, Inc. ("EarthFax") has recently completed engineering design work for the $4.3 million Escalante City culinary water system upgrades. Components of the project include rehabilitating an existing culinary water well, developing a spring, replacing 14 miles of water delivery line from several springs to the water storage tanks, repairing a lid on one of the water storage tanks, adding or replacing approximately 29,000 feet of distribution water lines within the City, and adding new fire hydrants. Construction of these projects is scheduled to be completed in 2009.
EarthFax has also begun engineering design work for the $438,000 Escalante City fire station that will house three fire trucks, one tanker truck, one ambulance, three pickup trucks, and office space. Construction of this facility is expected to begin in Summer of 2009.
EarthFax assisted the city in acquiring the necessary funding for these project tasks.
EarthFax Engineering, Inc. is a consulting engineering firm that was founded in 1982, with offices in Midvale, Utah. Its personnel have broad professional experience in the areas of civil engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydrology and hydrogeology, geology, land reclamation, and environmental planning. Additional information regarding EarthFax can be found at www.earthfax.com.
