City eyes taking over provincial reservoir
The City of North Battleford is looking at the possibility of taking over a water reservoir in North Battleford currently owned by the province.
The city still has to negotiate the costs to acquire the reservoir, located near the existing Saskatchewan Hospital, but needs to conduct an assessment first to determine what upgrades are needed before proposing a purchase to the province.
“The city has discussed this with the province in the past,” Mayor Ryan Bater said. “But before we initiate discussions, we want to be able to study it to determine the strength of it.”
The city will be allocating the cost for the assessment in its 2018 budget. The assessment is estimated at roughly $35,000.