by Ralph Havinga C.E.T, General Manager NRSC
There is a lot of work to report about the Regional Services Water Project for the early part of 2009. At Newell Regional Services Corporation, we are excited about the progress that has been made. The water transmission main to Tilley is on schedule and there are now two installation crews working towards each other to the half-way point between Brooks and Tilley. Please watch for information concerning a public meeting in early April in Tilley to outline the connection project and the timing of availability of potable water.
A contract for the installation of the pipeline to Rainier, Scandia, and Rolling Hills will be available for contractor pricing on March 23, 2009 with bid opening on April 23, 2009. Concurrently, there will be a contract for the tie in of the transmission mains to the various treatment plants in each community south of Brooks which will also include the de-commissioning of the various water treatment plants. The completion of those projects will come together in late 2009.
The most exciting part of the project is about to begin. The Council of the City of Brooks has awarded the contract for the re-construction of the City of Brooks, Water Treatment Plant to NAC Constructors of Kelowna, B.C. Work on the plant is about to begin. When completed in late 2010, the new water treatment plant will be the most modern and up-to-date water treatment plant in Alberta.
Since design work and engineering has been almost completed on projects to the south of Brooks, we will turn our attention to projects to the north. The first pipeline contract will be installed from the Water Treatment Plant to the north-west city limits. Location of the pipeline crossing TCH and north to Duchess has not yet been finalized, but the surveyors are ready to survey the alignment, when the final decision has been made.
It still appears that all projects will be complete by the end of 2010. At that time, water from the treatment plant in Brooks will be serving residents in Tilley, Lake Newell Resort, Rainier, Scandia, Rolling Hills, Patricia and Rosemary. Duchess and Bassano will also be connecting to the transmission main in the future. Other individuals, farmers and groups will also be connecting to the transmission main.
The Province of Alberta has been instrumental in proceeding with these projects through the provision of grant funding and the regional water system could not happen without that funding. Newell Regional Services is proud to be a part of this and looking forward to providing residents with potable water and other related services.
For more information, please contact Ralph Havinga (C.E.T.), General Manager of the Newell Regional Services Corporation at (403) 362-3333.