The Water Information Program

Testing of a new system at Ridgway's water plant should be complete over the next several weeks and then soon replace the community's current filter system. The fully automated system will allow for more water to be processed, which will meet the growth of the town and water usage, said Dan Bartashius, the Town of Ridgway's licensed operator of the water plant. Bartashius said the main concern is the average 350,000 gallons of water a day that is used during the summer, which is quite a jump from the 120,000 gallons Ridgway typically uses a day during the winter. With Ridgway's constant growth some changes will need to be made for the upcoming summer. The old plant can only pump 230 gallons a minute, whereas the new plant will be able to process about 550 gallons a minute. The new plant's filtering process should also be more efficient, as it uses a micro-filtering system rather than pressure filters.

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