Chuichu Water System Contract Awarded

Media Contact: Tozier - Int. 4306 | Information Service
For Immediate Release: September 24, 1958

Award of a $36,309 contract for construction of a new water system to serve the Indian school on the Papago Reservation at Chuichu, Arizona, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.

Chuichu School has an enrollment of 60 pupils, and the present water system includes a small pond and pump with a 3,500-gallon elevated tank. The new system to be installed under the contract will include a drilled well, pump house, new pump, water distribution system, and a 15,000-gallon elevated storage tank.

The successful bidder was Paul Sanetra of Phoenix, Arizona. Four higher bids ranging from $38,674.28 to $41,295 were received.