EMWD approves emergency fuel storage facilities contract
Schuler Contractors Inc. was awarded the Eastern Municipal Water District contract to construct four emergency fuel storage facilities at EMWD treatment plants including the San Jacinto Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility and the Temecula Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility.A 3-0 EMWD board vote Wednesday, Feb. 2, with Stephen Corona and Randy Record absent, approved a contract with Schuler for $3,039,800, authorized a $387,400 contract with SPEC Services Inc. for construction support services, authorized EMWD general manager Joe Mouawad to issue contracts with necessary suppliers and engineering support consultants and appropriated $4,074,200 for the project.“We needed to do it, and I’m glad we passed it,” EMWD board president Phil Paule said.Eastern has st