Renovated pumping station nearly ready for use
After six months of work, the Second Ave. W. pumping station in Prince Albert is nearly ready to come online.
The $6.1 million project was aimed at increasing the city’s water distribution capacity on the hill, improving efficiency and reliability. Also included in that cost are upcoming upgrades to the Marquis Rd. reservoir pumphouse.
“We’re getting ready for startup,” Engineering Services Manager Jeff Da Silva told paNOW. “That means we’re running through all the computer programming, pumps and backup power, which will get us towards a full commissioning.”
Da Silva said the startup and testing process could take around four weeks, and they’re “well within a comfort zone” in terms of the estimated six-month schedule for the high-tech renovation of the 11.5 million-litre facility. Work started in early October, and the job involved replacing all the 55-year-old infrastructure connected to the concrete reservoir buried underground.