The Village of Rockyford is investing $480,000 into upgrades and repairs at its water treatment plant, with an additional $70,000 in work put on hold.
The Village of Rockyford is moving forward with some major work at its water treatment facility.
At a special council meeting held Thursday, July 17, council and administration reviewed the project’s draft proposal from MPE Engineering, and gave the project the go ahead. Mayor Darcy Burke said that means the village will be eliminating the piping from the older Building 2 at the water treatment plant, decommissioning it, and just using the newer water treatment plant.
The reason is a water leak in the deep service piping underneath the older section of the plant.
All of Rockyford’s water would then be treated through the newer section of the plant, Burke adds.
Cost estimates council approved for repairing the leak and performing upgrades on the newer section of the plant were $350,000.
In addition, Rockyford village council approved $50,000 in electrical work on the plant, and $80,000 for the purchase of a stand-by generator for the plant.
Burke said the stand-by generator will allow the plant to work at 100 per cent capacity and produce water when the power is off.
Currently the water plant can pipe water out but can not produce the treated water when there is a power outage.
Rockyford’s Mayor said there is another $70,000 in work at the water treatment plant that is on hold that Council will revisit after the work is completed on the older portion of the plant.
The other project being completed in Rockyford this summer is the sewage lagoon expansion.
Mayor Burke said they’re 98 per cent complete of the $2.2 million project.
Changes to Alberta Environent rules on the handling of effluent saw the need for Rockyford to build an additional sewage lagoon.
