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explains that old plant simply couldn’t han-
dle the processing requirements for this wa-
ter. Fortunately, a funding strategy shared by
the city as well as the provincial and federal
governments through the auspices of Stimu-
lus Funding helped pave the way for the new
reverse osmosis water treatment plant. As
Botha’s office provided planning, some de-
sign services and all the project engineering,
Winkler also worked with firms such as H20
Innovation (an industry leader in the pro-
viding of customized, state-of-the-art water
treatment solutions) as well as the consult-
ing firm of Tower Engineering Group who
was tasked with structural, mechanical and
electrical elements of the job. Cornerstone
Construction of Morden was the General
Contractor.
They system draws water currently from
nine wells which are drilled into the Aquifer,
of which one is drawing water from the deep
brackish zoneThe water is treated before go-
ing into a 1400m3 balancing tank where it is
then partly distributed throughout the com-
munity. The plant is functioning 24 hours a
day, and the water not being used from this
plant during low demand is forced to the
City’s big 9ML storage reservoir from where
