Merritt could receive drinking water soon, though city likely to remain evacuated
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MERRITT, B.C. — The City of Merritt’s Emergency Operations Centre says engineers are doing a thorough inspection of the wastewater treatment plant and should have a better idea on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 17) as to when residents can return home once the report is completed.
“At the moment, the wastewater treatment plant is sucking things through, but it’s just discharging. There’s absolutely no treatment that we can do,” said EOC Communications Manager Greg Lowis. “The engineers are going to be looking at what kind of work is necessary to get the wastewater treatment plant in a position where we can actually treat so that it can be safely discharged — instead of being discharged raw as it currently is.”
Lowis says the engineers, in assessing the water treatment plant, are looking at what kind of work needs to be done and how they can get potable water back to the community.
