The FY 2025–26 Capital Improvement Program includes funding for Walnut Valley Water District’s Pump Rehabilitation Program, and on June 15, 2026 staff requested authorization to execute rehabilitation of Pathfinder Zone 1050 Pump No. 1 for an amount not to exceed $64,815. Pathfinder Reservoir and Pump Station is the District’s highest energy‑consuming facility, and testing identified Pump No.1—running roughly eight hours per day at 1,500 gpm—as the least efficient unit. DXP performed disassembly and inspection under a prior RFQ‑based award (~$5,600) and has now proposed a comprehensive rehabilitation including rebuilding the pump, correcting a non‑level base, and reassembly/testing for about $57,634 plus contingency. Staff negotiated this proposal and recommends proceeding with DXP to avoid added mobilization and handling.This award makes DXP the incumbent for Pathfinder pump rehabilitation and hints at future performance‑driven rehab work at the same facility and other high‑run pumps, creating opportunities for energy‑efficiency advisers, motor/pump service providers, and monitoring solution vendors.

The program represents a shift from age‑based pump replacement to performance‑driven rehabilitation, emphasizing efficiency testing and targeted work. DXP is already in possession of the disassembled pump at its facility.