Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant gets another $55 million for upgrade
The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation (BPWTC) has received approval from the cities of Regina and Moose Jaw to borrow up to an additional $55 million for construction of the renewed water treatment plant.
The renewal project will begin June 22 and it intends to ensure the plant meets standards of providing Regina and Moose Jaw with safe, reliable drinking water well into the future.
It is expected to finish by 2025.
“I am pleased today to announce that the Graham-AECON team can start the construction phase of the BPWTC Plant Renewal Project,” Ryan Johnson, CEO of BPWTC said.
A strong partnership between University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Helen Baulch (PhD) and the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant is bringing cutting-edge monitoring equipment to Saskatchewan to advance lake science and safeguard drinking water for 260,000 people. Click to read more:
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Residents Of Regina, Moose Jaw And Area To Benefit From Improved Potable Water Infrastructure
Canadians everywhere have felt the impact of COVID-19 on their families, their livelihoods, and their way of life. Canada and Saskatchewan have worked together to ensure health and safety, support families and businesses, and sustain local economies. Investments in Saskatchewan’s infrastructure during this extraordinary time provide an opportunity to create good jobs, improve essential public services, and make communities more sustainable and resilient in the long run. .......
Buffalo Pound: Two thumbs up
Buffalo Pound Water Treatment assures safe, clean drinking water
By MARTIN CHARLTON COMMUNICATIONS
Water is a crucial element for all living things.
The majority of Canadians have access to clean and safe drinking water, made possible by water treatment plants where raw water is made safe to drink through a series of specialized processes before made available to the public.
But what happens if that water supply is contaminated, say, by a potentially lethal virus like COVID-19?
The buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, commissioned in 1955, is one of the largest, most important and most sensitive components of the province’s water infrastructure.
With a rated capacity of 205 million litres per day and supplying safe drinking water to approximately 260,000 customers in Regina and Moose Jaw, the plant is too big to fail.
“We’re not only critical, but we’re also an essential service. We cannot fail,” said Ryan Johnson, P.Eng., general manager at the buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant. “We cannot be in a position where we cannot supply water to one quarter of the provincial population.”
No COVID-19 in water
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