Water plant construction on track

Posted July 28, 2009 at 4:47 pm and filed under City, Headlines.

Staff reports

City of Raleigh officials say construction of the Dempsey E. Benton Treatment Plant is on schedule. The completion is set for February 2010.

The plant is located near Lake Benson, off of N.C. 50 (Benson Road) at Buffaloe Road, south of Garner town limits.

Workers are currently installing the plant’s 48-inch-diameter transmission main that will carry up to 20 million gallons of water a day to the city’s service areas. When complete, the main will be eight miles long and extend from the plant north along Hwy 50 ending at Wilmington Street, just south of the Raleigh city limits. It will connect to an existing 30-inch-diameter water transmission main for distribution to Raleigh water customers.

Construction of the new water treatment plant’s transmission main is scheduled to be complete in November.

The city will continue to operate the E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant in north Raleigh after the Dempsey E. Benton plant opens. The new plant will allow Raleigh to meet the area’s future water needs by providing additional water system reliability and capacity.

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