ANTHC 2016 summer construction season accomplishes infrastructure improvements and more

October 21, 2016
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ANTHC is making great strides in sanitation construction across Alaska. The innovative, complex ongoing work is often centered on building and upgrading water and sanitation facilities so that our people in rural Alaska can live healthier lives, and the community infrastructure can run effectively and affordably. This season, construction crews have:
  • Continued construction for fully-piped water and sewer systems in Eek, Kwethluk and Lower Kalskag;
  • Installed more than 15 miles of water and sewer main, almost seven miles of service lines and nearly two miles of fence;
  • Built or rehabilitated four water treatment plants;
  • Constructed four lift stations;
  • Provided plumbing to 260 homes; and
  • Installed 62 manholes.
Ongoing construction efforts across the state impact the lives of local community participants and their families in more ways than a constructed facility. ANTHC construction projects have created more than 245 seasonal construction jobs throughout 30 communities so far this year. This job creation has injected more than $3.5 million payroll dollars back into local economies. Through the winter, ANTHC will continue to provide training and other skill development opportunities for local workers to maintain their community utilities for the long term. For more information about ANTHC’s Environmental Health and Engineering construction, visit https://www.anthc.org/what-we-do/construction-engineering/.

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