The City of Abbeville water system is using a $5.9 million fully forgivable loan awarded by the state’s drinking water revolving loan fund program to upgrade its existing water treatment plant, according to a news release from the city.
The construction project, which began over the summer and is expected to continue through the end of next year, includes an upgrade of the existing water treatment plant located at the corner of the La. 14 bypass and Alphonse Street.
Engineer Emily Faulk, of Sellers & Associates, said the upgrades became necessary to effectively treat levels of manganese in the water. The improved plant will continue to meet minimum treatment requirements and will provide redundancy for the city’s water treatment plant with the construction of a new solids contact clarifier, a new waste sludge pump station and a new sludge thickener with a withdrawal pump station, according to the release…