It has been a challenging summer for Malad City! We appreciate the cooperation and patience of our citizens as we work through some issues.

The Public Works Office has been watching the well levels very carefully. The pump on one well is being repaired, and they are closely monitoring the activity in all wells. 

This summer there was an issue of an odor from the Wastewater Treatment Plant. With any new system, there are bugs to be worked out. With the help of our engineers and the hard work during the summer of our city crew, we hope this problem has been solved. We appreciate the neighbors near the Wastewater plant keeping the Public Works Superintendent advised.  

There is something that each of you can do to help. One of the problems that occurred is being caused by flushing supposably “flushable” wipes. It is true that you can flush these wipes, and they will go down the sewer pipe. However, they cause immense problems once they hit the lagoons. The wipes do not disintegrate. They attach to the aerators and plug the aerators so they cannot do their job. The city crew spent part of the summer on a boat on the lagoons cleaning those wipes out of the lagoons. There is now a screen in place that should stop them from entering the lagoon, but they can still plug the screen and tangle with other debris to cause blockages. We are asking that when you use wipes of any kind, please throw them in the garbage rather than flush them.

We were so excited that we had our grants in place, bids were let, and work started on the project at the Malad City Park. The August newsletter was dedicated to explaining how work from those grants would proceed. However, FEMA contacted our engineer for the project, Forsgren Associates, within a day of our newsletter being sent, and indicated that they needed time for further reviews. FEMA is still working with the city to try to help us stay on track with that grant project so that it will still coordinate with our other major projects – the Bannock Street Reconstruction and the Forest Service grant project. 

Upcoming is a Community Day of Service in remembrance of September 11, 2001. The National Day of Service was organized to help unify communities where they work together on service projects that benefit the community. Please check The Idaho Enterprise, JustServe, the Malad City website and Facebook page for information on this Day of Service. We hope you will all take the time to join with us for just a few hours to serve one another.

We are blessed to live in a community where people care about and support one another. Thank you all for your recent support of our law enforcement department. Thank you to each of them, to our volunteer EMT’s and volunteer fire departments for their dedicated service to our community.