Cranbrook city council has approved the borrowing of up to $3.5 million for a UV disinfection facility at the Phillips Reservoir.
The project went to an alternative approval process to allow the city to borrow the funds.
For it to fail, 10 per cent of electors would have had to submit an elector response form by July 18, however, no forms were submitted.
The total project cost is just shy of $13 million, but the city has received a $4.32 million grant from the B.C. government and in March $5.19 million was announced from the Canadian government’s Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.
“This is an important project that will further protect the City’s water quality and provide safe and clean drinking water for decades to come,” said Mayor Wayne Price.
“We are thankful and grateful to be one of the communities selected in this $270-million ICIP grant program.”
Cranbrook’s water supply currently uses a single-treatment system with only chlorine.
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