FALMOUTH – Crews from Methuen Construction broke ground earlier this month on Falmouth’s new water filtration plant on Long Pond.
The $46.5 million filtration system will pump eight million gallons of the 11 million gallons the town uses daily.
It operates in conjunction with the town’s 100-year-old water facility at Long Pond.
Falmouth Water Superintendent Stephen Rafferty explained how the system will work.
“We’re going to take the water up to the new treatment plant and use small bubbles of air to float algae present in the pond up out of the water. Then we’ll utilize ozone to break down compounds of concern. It will be a very modern plant,” he said.
Rafferty said concerned drivers need not worry about traffic jams on nearby Gifford Street while the project is underway.
“The construction site is isolated from the road. The biggest impact people might see is a few of the construction workers coming to work in the morning and leaving for home at night,” he said.
Rafferty said the facility will be operational by summer of 2017.
