Century Seeks $1.8 Million For New Water Meters, System Interconnects To Central Water Works

November 5, 2021

The Town of Century is seeking nearly $1.8 million in legislative funding for two water projects.

The town is seeking just over $1.3 million to replace all of their existing water meters, moving from a manual read system to a radio reporting system. The funding would be used to purchase new meters, software and hardware for the radio system. Century sought funding for the project from the legislature last year, but was not approved.

The town is also asking for a $493,125 appropriation for two new interconnections between their water system and Central Water Works. Interconnects between the two waters systems would be on Highway 4 near Williams Street and State Line Road. The connections would provide a backup water supply in the event of a failure of some portion of Century’s system. A similar crossover was installed last year between Century’s water system and Central to provide a secondary water source for the Century Correctional Institution, but not the rest of the town.

Escambia County state legislative delegation will hold a public hearing on local request on Tuesday, December 7, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the Pensacola State College Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio at 1000 College Boulevard in Pensacola.

Pictured: Water flows into the Century Correctional Institution in May 2020 following the failure of a Century water well. A permanent interconnect between the Century and Central water system now provides a backup for the prison, but not the rest of the town. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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5 Responses to “Century Seeks $1.8 Million For New Water Meters, System Interconnects To Central Water Works”

  1. Happy in the country on November 5th, 2021 2:25 pm

    I completely understood the added connection between the Town of Century and Central Water Works on Tedder Rd., but I do not understand why Central Water Works should have to supply to the Town of Century when their water wells go down (and we all know they are going to). There is NO benefit to Central Water Works, as The Town of Century can not push water up hill to Central. Central is better off without the towns mill stone around its neck!

  2. retired on November 5th, 2021 8:40 am

    @john

    that was gas meters. I guess they don’t budget for the future?

    Next they will want the state to pay their wages.

  3. Bob on November 5th, 2021 8:35 am

    I believe that in the last year the Town of Century had funding to replace their meters.

    Was it gas meters that have been replaced in the last year? I don’t think they replaced all the gas meters, just some of them. They never complete a project.

    So taxpayers bail out incompetence and mismanagement again…

    The town would fail if it was not for grants and government assistance…

  4. CJ Lewis on November 5th, 2021 8:28 am

    Perhaps in the future someone could explain here why Century does not get its water and sewage services from ECUA.

  5. John on November 5th, 2021 6:10 am

    Didn’t they replace water meters a few years?

    At any rate, have the current meters reached their useful life cycle?

    Did you get your money’s worth out of them?

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