Wichita officials are considering options for the city’s current water treatment plant, when the new plant goes online next year. Options for the current plant were presented to City Council members in a workshop meeting Tuesday. Laura Quick with the city’s Public Works Department said most of the options deal with having the plant on standby for emergency use, but there are some maintenance issues that need to be addressed. Some other factors to consider are the treatment capacity, the time it would take to start up the plant, and whether it would be using water from Cheney Lake or the Equus Beds aquifer. One option would be to demolish the plant, which could cost $50 to 75 million. Options for emergency use would range from $8 million to $33 million.
Source: 101.3 KFDI
