KANNATA VALLEY WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPENS

Residents of the Resort Village of Kannata Valley were in attendance today as Last Mountain-Touchwood MLA Glen Hart on behalf of Municipal Affairs Minister Darryl Hickie and the Resort Village of Kannata Valley Mayor Roy Grozell turned on the taps to a safe drinking water treatment and distribution system.

"The province continues to work in partnership with municipalities and the federal government to make infrastructure a priority in Saskatchewan," Hart said. "New facilities like this one create a better quality of life for the ever-growing population of our province and will continue to move Saskatchewan forward."

"We are extremely pleased with the results of the new water treatment system," Grozell said. "The green system reduces the impact on the environment and increases operational efficiencies while exceeding safe water standards."

Construction of the $2.23 million project commenced last fall with the installation of interconnecting pipe lines, underground storage tanks and the building. Treatment equipment arrived on site early summer of 2010 and was commissioned by mid-September.

The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have each contributed $742,333 to this project through the Building Canada Fund - Communities Component (BCF-CC), an infrastructure funding program designed for communities with populations under 100,000.

The environmentally friendly "green" components of this project include a treatment technology that reduces waste by recycling over 90 per cent of the backwash water, requiring only a small amount of a filter aide product besides chlorine for both oxidation and disinfection purposes. The green system also features the installation of water meters in each home so that conservation of water can, and will be, rewarded by a rate structure that will increase the unit cost per gallon for large volume users.

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For more information, contact:

Arne Flegel
Resort Village of Kannata Valley
Resort Village of Kannata Valley
Phone: 306-729-2889

Mayor Roy Grozell
Resort Village of Kannata Valley
Resort Village of Kannata Valley
Phone: 306-729-4690

Nicole Fellinger
Municipal Affairs
Regina
Phone: 306-787-2687