Aiken plans to swap out over 10,000 linear feet of old water pipes in Crosland Park. The work costs $4 million. Half comes from Washington, half from the city.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham brought home $2 million in federal money this past February. Aiken will kick in the rest using Capital Project Sales Tax dollars.
The work tackles brown water troubles that hit residents last summer. Bedenbaugh said the pipes predate the subdivision. They go back to the early 1950s, installed during the Savannah River Plant boom…