The sounds of construction will soon fill the air in the area of 26th street and Assiniboine Avenue with work set to begin on the first of a multi-phase, multi-year upgrade of the city’s municipal water treatment facility.
In a press release this morning the city shared that phase one will involve construction of a dedicated chemical building that its stated will:
“consolidate the storage of chemicals and allow for a switch in the current disinfectant process from that of using gaseous chlorine to a safer one of using liquid chlorine sodium hypochlorite. In addition, the building has been designed with the capacity required to test the potential of orthophosphate dosing as a corrosion control method as it relates to the City of Brandon’s wider Lead Water Services Strategy.”
The new building will be built to the Northwest of and connected to the existing water treatment facility. When anticipated completion is reached in May 2021, City Director of Utilities Alexia Stangherlin says that the upgrade will allow for a facility that is safer for staff, citizens and the environment.
A portion of the $18.5 million cost of the initial phase is funded through the Government of Canada’s Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.
Construction follows an open house that had been held in March where goals and plans for the upcoming project were shared with the public.
More info on the project can be learned at http://www.brandon.ca/current-projects/water-treatment-plant-upgrade
The full city press release can be read at:
https://www.brandon.ca/public-notices-details?var=4838
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