Detention Center Dealing with Aging Infrastructure Problems

If you have never had to deal with a plumbing issue in your home, I say congratulations to you.  And you had better be knocking on wood and buying a lottery ticket because that time will come.  And it won't be pretty.

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Now imagine having to try to keep up with the plumbing for 400 people using the facilities.  Every single day.  Maybe more.  An aging infrastructure is bringing just that problem to the Cascade County Detention Center in the new year.

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Detention Center Dealing with Aging Infrastructure Problems

The aging infrastructure problem facing the facility is creating a dilemma for the Cascade County Commission and how it should be dealt with.  That problems stems from an aging cast-iron system that recently failed at the facility.

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Those systems have failed in the past as well and have now created a more serious problem that likely will "create the need for a large-scale replacement project to remove and replace multiple systems throughout the facility" commissioners stated.

Cascade Commissioners Now Evaluate and Assess Problems Before Moving Ahead

In a press release from the Cascade County Commissioners, they are now "assessing the problem and working with county departments to "identify the scope of the plumbing issues, identify possible solutions, and to determine the next steps".

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The problems are the latest in a list of needed repairs at the detention center.  Since 2019, over $6 million dollars have been invested in capital improvements at the facility such as roof replacement, door repairs and upgrades to security systems.  No cost estimate was given for the plumbing issues in the press release.