Change order approved for Rainbow's Lift Station No. 1

A change order for the design and replacement of the Rainbow Municipal Water District’s Lift Station No. 1 was approved by the Rainbow board.

The 5-0 board vote, June 26, changes the design of the lift station while increasing the total design contract amount from $1,146,854 to $1,439,965.

“These design changes will produce a product that’s going to be more cost-effective,” Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy said.

The current Lift Station No. 1 is off Old River Road and delivers sewage effluent to Oceanside, which has an ocean outfall. The Smith and Loveless package lift station has three fiv...