Waterline from town to city to remain intact
The waterline connecting the town of Battleford to the city of North Battleford will remain for a while, according to city council.
The town line was installed to provide the city with more water after the F.E. Holiday surface water treatment plant had to be shut down due to the Husky oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River.
Since the previous filtration system was unable to processing oil from the spill, council approved a new pre-filtration system at the F.E. Holiday plant which should be up and running by Dec. 5.
Following its installation, the line will then be drained and shutoff however, it will remain intact. According to director of operations for the city, Stewart Schafer, the line will be needed again in the spring in order to fill up the reservoir.