AH City Council awards bid for well drilling project

The Airway Heights City Council went through several housekeeping items at its Oct. 3 meeting.

In action items, council awarded a bid in the amount of $322,483.48 to Blue Star Enterprises Northwest, Inc. for drilling and testing of a future well on the city’s Deno Road property. Public Works Director Kevin Anderson said Blue Star’s bid came in over $35,900 less than the engineer’s estimate for the project.

Anderson explained that the project entails drilling into the paleo channel to see “what water is there.” The work will also determine if the water amount is sustainable.

“But we will take i...