N.B. dredging delayed again; will be done before winter
Unclogging the sediment build-up obstructing North Battleford’s water treatment plant has been put off until the end of the week.
Dredging in the North Saskatchewan River to remove sandbars around the intake at the F.E. Holiday plant was supposed to begin in July but was postponed due to the Husky oil spill. The project was scheduled to commence Tuesday, Oct. 11 but the company hired is held up at another job.
Suzanne Abe is North Battleford’s communications coordinator and said dredging is now scheduled to start Friday, Oct. 14. She added it is important to get it done before winter hits.
“We need to remove the build up around the intake if we want to be able to use it next year,” Abe said. “Because we aren’t using the intake right now the city won’t be affected, but if we don’t do it now we would have to wait until next summer to get it done.”