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Water
production for the City has been in its present location since 1905.
Treatment in 1905 only amounted to pumping water directly from the lake to
the city while only adding a small amount of chlorine.
Pumping was done by using steam-driven pumps, There were no
elevated storage tanks. Since that
time additions to the treatment plant have expanded not only the capacity
but also the quality of the water produced.
Additions to
the treatment:
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In 1922 a filtration
plant was added with a capacity of 3 million gallons per day.
Pumping was still accomplished with steam-driven pumps.
With this expansion, the tap water was now being filtered for the
first time.
· 1935 brought increased finished water
storage. Expansion increased the storage from 500,000 gallons to 1 million
gallons.
· In 1953 steam pumping became a part of the past. An electrified high-service pumping station was added to the plant and the steam pumping
station was shut down, soon
to be demolished. At this time the Ninth
Avenue elevated storage tank was constructed. This tower has a capacity of
750,000 gallons.
· 1965 a filter plant expansion was
completed, and this increased plant production from 3 million gallons per
day to 5.25 million gallons per day. Three filter bays were added bringing
the total filters to seven.
· 1999 treatment changes brought about
construction of
a combination building. This building houses bulk storage
of bleach, carbon feed, distribution storage and a new back-up generator.
At present the
plant capacity is six million gallons per day. Plans to increase capacity
to eight million gallons per day
are in the near future.
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