The Water System Expansion project in the Village of Lannon was the recipient of the APWA 2024 National Project of the Year Award for Small Cities/Rural Communities in the Historical Restoration/Preservation category.
This project was initiated when the Village of Lannon was contacted by Lannon Elementary School which reported E. coli contamination in its private water supply well. To provide the school with safe drinking water, the Village Board passed an emergency resolution to extend the village water main to the school. The water main extension was designed and bid in just 3 weeks.
In addition to approving the emergency resolution, the Board directed Strand to study and identify options for affordably extending municipal water service to those remaining portions of the village still served by private wells.
The water system expansion program included:
- Installation of approximately three miles of new water main (6 to 12 inches in diameter)
- Rehabilitation of the Village’s existing municipal well facility
- Addition of a second municipal well facility
- Implementation of a private plumbing conversion and private well abandonment program
In addition, Strand helped the Village secure approximately 8.8 million dollars in grants for this 10.9-million-dollar expansion program. This met the Village Board’s goal of minimizing upfront, out-of-pocket costs for the affected properties.
Together, the Village and Strand implemented the project vision and advanced the community to safe, reliable drinking water.
The Water System Expansion project also won a 2024 APWA Wisconsin Project of the Year Award for Small Cities/Rural Communities in the Historical Restoration/Preservation category.
