BEC / APR / 2023

Thanks to the new, ultramodern water treatment facility, 80,000 people in Drummondville, Quebec will have the highest quality drinking water available. Designed to accommodate 30 years of growth—with population growth predicted to be 100,000—the new plant will meet the current standards of the Quebec Regulation and also exceed many requirements. Some standards may change in the future and be more restrictive, and the City of Drummondville will be able to meet them. Fully automated, the plant’s $108.5 million shared with the Federal Government, the Government of Quebec, Drummondville and surrounding small towns St-Majoriquede-Granthan, St-Germain-de-Grantham and St-Cyrille-deWendover, says Jean-François Daigle, Director, Engineering and Environment Branch, Drummondville. The new infrastructure will be built on land next to the current plant, so that the existing underground water tanks can be leveraged and the drinking water system configuration can be preserved. Leading-edge technologies, including biological filtration and ozonation, will allow the new plant to have a daily 71 APR 2023 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA

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