Wawanesa to fix pipes, upgrade treatment plant
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The RM of Oakland-Wawanesa council will start a project this fall to replace water pipes beneath Commercial Street in Wawanesa and update the water treatment facility.
After repeated repairs to the pipes beneath the street, the community targeted the road, which cuts the urban community in half, said RM of Oakland-Wawanesa Reeve Dave Kreklewich. It will put an end to ongoing repair costs, he said.
“Aging pipes, valves, all those kind of things that’s been in the ground for a long time,” said Kreklewich in a phone call. “We just know that we’re constantly fixing leaks on it, on Commercial Street. So you know, pretty soon it’s gonna be all bandages on it. So this way, we’re not going to be digging up as much, it’s not going to be as costly, because we’re spending so much money on repairs that it doesn’t make a lot of sense.”
The project will also include upgrades to the water treatment plant, he said. The work is planned to be finished sometime in October.
The Province of Manitoba provided a maximum of $500,000 for the project, which is estimated to be about 50 per cent of the cost, Kreklewich said in August.
The local costs will be paid for only by the citizens of the urban community, not everyone in the rural municipality, Kreklewich said.
At the water treatment plant, work will include computerization of some equipment there, and installation of a new generator that will help deal with power interruptions.
Some other streets with old pipes — such as Water and Park streets — will not be part of the current repairs, he said. Once this first project is done, council will have a better idea of the costs for repairs on those other streets, and can plan for it.
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