The Wabash Valley Water Commission has gotten preliminary results from an engineering study regarding a regional water plant.
Representatives from Mount Carmel, Grayville, Albion and Keensburg have joined together to discuss the information provided by John Acree and Mike Gill of Lamac Engineering. Acree and Gill gave three potential options for the water commission to consider. The first alternative is to build a 2.5 to 3.5 million gallons per day water treatment plant to serve all four communities. The treatment plant would be located just north of Grayville, and would use Grayville’s current wells. The total estimated capital cost for the first option would be $18.5 million. The second alternative would allow for each of the municipalities to complete projects individually. Albion and Grayville would still construct a plant together, since their wells are so close to each other. Their combined treatment plant would cost an estimated $8 million. Mount Carmel would also build its own treatment plant, also at an estimated $8 million. A transmission line from Mount Carmel to Keensburg would cost an estimated half a million dollars. Water commissioners like a third alternative, which would just build a water treatment plant for a little over $10 million. Each municipality would have to come up with a way to pay for to get the treated water to their communities. The commission will meet again June 27th at Mount Carmel City Hall to discuss which option they would like Lamac Engineering to pursue.