By Nigel Maxwell

Pipeline on track for completion: city manager

Jul 29, 2016 | 11:55 AM

Prince Albert’s city manager is very confident a pipeline from the South Saskatchewan River carrying water to the city’s water treatment plant will be operational within 24 hours.

Jim Toye said he was optimistic about the construction of the 30 km water pipeline.  

“That doesn’t mean it will be full today but that’s very good news if they are starting to put water in that line,” he said.

The city had originally been told by their contractor the pipeline would be ready on Tuesday, but after issues with the pumping system the timeline was pushed back to Friday.

Toye said the city has tested the water in the South Saskatchewan River and described it as very similar to the water which comes from the North Saskatchewan River.

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“We think it should be fairly simple once it gets through that pipeline into our plant. We will be able to put it through the regular process that we put our regular North Saskatchewan water in and it will be safe, potable water,” Toye said.

The city manager said once the volume is greater or equal to the water that was being piped in from the North Saskatchewan River, the city can look at lifting the conservation restrictions. He cautioned it could be at least another 24-hours before the city had this information.

“We are very optimistic this is the right solution,” Toye said.

Husky Energy has informed the city it will be setting-up a temporary office in the city. The exact location will be revealed early next week.

The City of Prince Albert will provide a further progress report during a news conference this afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

nmaxwell@panow.com

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