Water treatment plant upgrades well underway
A project which will eventually improve the overall quality of Meadow Lake’s drinking water is moving along nicely, according to city administration.
The upgrades to the City of Meadow Lake’s water treatment plant have been more than two years in the making. Once complete, the city’s water will be in better compliance with the Water Security Agency’s regulatory requirements, according to City Manager Diana Burton.
“The purpose of this project is to reduce the level of trihalomethanes (THMs) in the city’s drinking water,” she said. “They are formed as chlorine reacts to organic carbons in the water. Currently, our levels are too high, and the city has spent a significant amount of time looking at various possible way to reduce these levels.”
In 2015, the city was approved for a Building Canada Fund Grant, where the funding for the project will be evenly split between the Government of Canada, the Government of Saskatchewan and the city. Burton said pilot projects began at that time. The project’s total cost is $4.6 million.