WORK IN PROGRESS: CROSSING THE CATARQUI RIVER

Dredging operations on the Great Cataraqui River are underway as crews replace 50-year-old water and sewer pipes crossing the river.

	IN THE NEWS LAST PIPES ARRIVE The final sections of pipe arrive for Cataraqui River Utility Crossing.   RELATED LINK MORE INFORMATION Learn more about the Cataraqui River Utilities Crossing Project.

The water main and sewage forcemains were installed under the river in 1955. The sewage forcemain conveys sewage generated by approximately 60,000 people living and working west of the river to the Ravensview Water Pollution Control Plant located east of the river. The water main carries water from the King Street Purification Plant west of the river to about 10,000 people living east of the river.

Since they were installed, both the water main and the sewage forcemain have operated without problems. In 1997, divers conducted visual inspections and found no signs of pipe movement or leakage.

A PRESENTATION ON
THE RIVER CROSSING

Over the past three years, the effort to replace the 50-year-old water and sewer pipes crossing the Great Cataraqui River has been the subject of substantial interest. An informative presentation on the project, given to community groups and various stakeholders, can be downloaded from this Web site as a PDF document. Take a minute and familiarize yourself with this significant infrastructure improvement.

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