Water treatment plant receives new tank
Submitted Photo Greg Boucher, manager of the Rugby water treatment plant, stands near a new carbon dioxide tank delivered to the facility March 9. The new tank will replace the city’s failing CO2 tank, which is more than 50 years old. The tank was purchased from Georgia firm TomCo, who submitted a winning bid of $97,802 plus installation costs to the city. The CO2 tank “lowers the pH in the water,” Boucher explained. “You’ve got to have CO2 to make drinkable water for Rugby.
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