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       Two Minutes in the Box


       with the City:



       The Importance of having a

       Secondary Water Intake



                                              After that, there wouldn’t be
                                            anything left for the hospital,
                                            schools, stores, or even your
                                            house. Not only that, but it would
                                            also mean that there wouldn’t be
                          By Francis Racine
                                            any way of fighting fires either.
                                              That is why the City of
                                            Cornwall is currently working
                                            on building a secondary water
        n today’s world we can often        intake for the water treatment
      Itake certain important things        plant.
      for granted. Such is the case with
      water.                                  As you may have guessed,
                                            it’s a pretty daunting task — so
        We simply turn the tap and          much so that it’s estimated that               Rotary unites problem solvers around the globe behind one goal: to do more good. Our members are
                                                                                            driven to bring communities together to create lasting change. Connecting to make things better—
      out comes water — hot or cold.        the project might take about 10                that’s what people of action do. Contact Rotary Club of Cornwall at rotaryclubofcornwall@gmail.com
                                                                                                                      .
      Yet it’s not by some miracle that     years to complete.
      we all have access to water. It’s
      all thanks to the city’s intricate      That’s because there needs to
      water work system.                    be several steps undertaken to
                                            make sure we get it right.
        It all starts at a water intake
      pipe that’s located next to the         First    and     foremost     are
      R.H. Saunders Power Dam.              Geotechnical, Natural Heritage
      Water travels from Lake St.           and Archaeological studies that
      Lawrence through the pipe to the      need to be undertaken on two
      city’s water treatment plant. It      sites that are being eyed — the
      should be noted that it’s all done    former Domtar site or an area
      through gravity!                      near King Street.

        From there it’s treated and then      Regardless of which spot
      distributed throughout the whole      is chosen, the city will need                                         Contact Lynn
      city.                                 to build a deep pumping
                                            station  of  approximately  16  m                              to design your ads
        There’s only one little issue —     underground.  That’s to make
      this same intake pipe is 65 years     sure that we minimize harm to
      old!
                                            aquatic plants and species as
        You’ve read that right.  The  well as make sure that there is
      issue at hand, as you may have  always  enough  water to pump
      guessed, is that if this same  even at the St. Lawrence River’s
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      intake pipe was to break or even  lowest water level.
      become clogged with ice, it             To  find  more  information
      would leave our city with about       about the project, visit cornwall.        dillydesigns@eastlink.ca
      six hours of water.
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