Nearly $23M expansion slated for local wastewater system

By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com SIOUX LOOKOUT — Several years’ worth of work is scheduled to start this spring on Sioux Lookout’s wastewater system. That’s according to Mayor Doug Lawrance, who told Newswatch increasing the capacity of the existing water treatment plant is needed to accommodate the municipality’s growth. “Our population has just grown steadily over the decades and continues to grow,” he said. “And the town expands and, as a result, the infrastructure needs to expand as well.” In a media release, the municipality says the province has committed more than $16.6 million for the work (the municipality is responsible for over $6.1 million on top of that), which will include upgrading existing infrastructure, improving mechanical and other systems and bettering “effluent and solids management.” “Together,…

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