The details have been set for the upcoming public meeting about the future of Wallaceburg’s water.
The public meeting will be held on Thursday February 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the UAW Hall, located at 88 Elm Drive South in Wallaceburg.
A presentation will start at 7 p.m.
Prior to the public meeting, a regular PUC meeting will be held where PUC staff will present a preferred solution.
Finally, on March 2 a special PUC meeting has been scheduled where the board will vote on the recommendation made by PUC staff.
Stantec Consulting was hired by the Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission to conduct an environmental assessment of the future of Wallaceburg’s water.
Wallaceburg and the surrounding area obtains its municipal water from the Wallaceburg Water Treatment Plant, which was constructed in 1946 and has undergone major upgrades in 1948, 1980, and 2009.
The Wallaceburg Water Treatment Plant raw water intake is located in the Chenal Ecarte, which is fed by the St. Clair River.
The Wallaceburg Distribution System is also interconnected with the Lambton Area Water Supply System, St. Clair Township Distribution System and the Chatham-Kent North Kent System.
PUC officials say the purpose of the environmental assessment was to provide an environmentally sensitive and sustainable framework to assess the various water supply alternatives within the study area.
Stantec have presented four potential options, which includes rehabilitating the current Wallaceburg Water Treatment Plant, as part of their assessment.
Stantec’s “preferred alternative” is to connect to the Chatham water supply, which gets its water from Lake Erie.
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