The City of Memphis, along with Black & Veatch, has launched a new website – www.SARP10.com. The website is a tool for keeping citizens informed and up to date on the progress and projects undertaken by the 10-year sewer assessment and rehabilitation program, known as SARP10. The program will improve the City’s sanitary sewer infrastructure system.
“The SARP10 website will keep Memphians informed about this project,” said Robert Knecht, Director of Public Works, City of Memphis. “The features on this site make it simple for community members to know what is going on and when.”
SARP10.com provides dates for scheduled community meetings, outlines current projects, and features an address locator application that allows community members to easily see what projects are underway near them. The site explains the SARP10 project, its necessity, and houses additional reference information.
The website is part of the larger SARP10 program implemented to assess and improve Memphis’ sewer infrastructure system. The system consists of approximately 2,400 miles of sewers. This program is funded using sewer fees. Although this represents a substantial commitment by Memphis to its infrastructure system, the city’s long-standing and aggressive maintenance program reduced this cost considerably when compared to other systems of similar size facing the same age-related issues.
The program will move from neighborhood to neighborhood assessing the sewer system. This website gives the public and vendors a chance to track the progress with SARP10 and learn about upcoming projects.