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DEALER OF DISTINCTION “Where sales are built on service”
Two Minutes in the Box
The City of Cornwall needs a Secondary Water Intake
thought, this is a situation that have enough water for about six Street.
could happen if the City of hours. As you can imagine, such a
Cornwall’s only raw water That would lead to a vast project will be expensive
intake was to fail. The City of catastrophic situation. Just think, and long. It’s estimated that it
By Francis Racine
Cornwall currently only has no water for fire suppression, will cost $40 million and will
one way of getting water to its for hospitals, for long-term care take ten years to create.
treatment plant – through its homes, and the list goes on. Yet, having a second way
only water intake, built in the That’s why the City of of getting drinking water to
magine for a minute if you 1960s. Cornwall is currently working the nearly 50,000 residents
Iwill, that no water is coming The underwater intake is in the on creating a secondary water of our great city in case of an
out of your kitchen faucet when Moses-Saunders Dam and uses intake location. emergency does seem like a
you turn it on? What would your gravity in order to bring water good idea.
reaction be if you found that to the treatment plant. The issue Following Environmental
you also couldn’t take a shower lies with the intake itself – if it Assessment studies, the City of What do you think? We want
or bath – or even worse, flush was to fail (whether it breaks Cornwall has zeroed in on two to hear your feedback on this
your toilet? or gets clogged with ice), the locations for a possible second initiative. You can provide
water intake – either on the us with it by visiting: www.
Although it might be a scary City of Cornwall would only
former Domtar site or near King haveyoursaycornwall.ca
