Derek McLarty
23:22 - 23:44
"So it's an interim measure until they build they expand that development, expectation is with later phases they will put a proper lift station in and then collect all that drainage, you know, further to the south— I'm sorry, further to the north towards Bourbon Creek, and then pump it up to our, our force main."
“So it's an interim measure until they build they expand that development, expectation is with later phases they will put a proper lift station in and then collect all that drainage, you know, further to the south— I'm sorry, further to the north towards Bourbon Creek, and then pump it up to our, our force main.”
- Speaker
- Derek McLarty
- Timestamp
- 23:22 – 23:44
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Nome
- Captured at
- September 22, 2026
From the transcript
Heat trace is on all the time in the winter, you know, and all that. So that's going to be a cost. So it's an interim measure until they build they expand that development, expectation is with later phases they will put a proper lift station in and then collect all that drainage, you know, further to the south— I'm sorry, further to the north towards Bourbon Creek, and then pump it up to our, our force main.
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