Renovations to Plant
The original plant was constructed in 1950 as a 3.0 million gallon
per day (MGD) plant. In 1968 the treatment plant capacity was expanded
to 6.0 MGD with the construction of additional rapid sand filters and
softening clarifiers.
A 170 million gallon above ground reservoir was constructed in 1990 as
an alternative to the river source in times of poor raw water quality.
The reservoir capacity holds approximately 45 days of high raw water
quality for the plant to draw from.
In 2000 an activated carbon filtration plant was constructed to improve
the taste and odor of the finished water. This state of the art
filtration removes a varity of contaminants and as a result very high
quality drinking water.
Most recently a new pumping station with a 12MGD capacity and a 1.0
million gallon finished water storage basin were completed and put on
line in 2004.
Construction is in progress for an additional 1.2 MGD added treatment
that will bring the plant capacity to 7.20 MGD.
