A cash infusion from the state will help assure Shreveport doesn’t in the future face the same kind of water quality issues that plagued residents last winter.
Shreveport is set to take $600,000 from the state treasury department to rebuild equipment that for a while had been phased out of the water treatment process but was part of how the city managed to overcome unexpected taste and smell issues over the winter. It will be an active part of future treatment regimens.
The state funds will be used to build a new carbon silo, replacing the one installed in 2005. The silo holds the plant’s powdered activated carbon, as well as feed equipment which allows plant operators to control doses and the rates at which its introduced into the process of treating drinking water drawn from Cross Lake…