Posted on 1/25/2016 by Ron Manz 107.5 KISSFM
The Regional District North Okanagan is applying to the BC Government for a $10-thousand dollar grant for a water treatment testing pilot project. The pilot would look at alternative methods of treating water at the Duteau Creek Water Treatment plant. Board Chair Rick Fairbairn says if successful, it could mean some significant savings for water customers. "Look at some additonal methods to pre-treat the water and if that's successful we would be in a position to possibly delay or defer parts of the filtration system that has been proposed by Interior Health." Fairbairn says they will supplement the total cost of the pilot project out of reserve funds. "Maybe instead of having to put a filtration plant in, it will give us an opportunity to approach it from another angle that we can achieve the results without a filtration plant or at least reduce the costs." "The Regional District will supplement some of the costs out of the reserves to proceed. This is a grant to get the ball rolling. We all have good intentions but it is difficult to put a termination date on, because it has to go through the approval process so it is going to take some time." Interior Health is asking that the Regional District install a $30-million dollar filtration plant to bring water quality up to it's preferred standard.
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see also http://vernonblog.blogspot.ca/2016/01/scrubbing-water.html
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