Chinook water treatment plant upgrade work moves inside

With a major portion of the outdoor work completed on Chinook’s water treatment plant upgrade workers have moved inside the plant to begin major replacement and reconfiguration of the 38 year old facility. The first set of two treatment tanks has been removed and work is expected to begin this week to install the new replacements.

A new raw water storage facility has been completed and river water is being stored there before entering the plant for treatment. This initial stage, of a few hours, allows sedimentation to begin settling out of the water. The water is then sent to the ‘guts’ of the...