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MSU breaks ground for new water treatment plant

Posted at 1:43 PM, Jul 13, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-13 13:43:05-04

MSU broke ground on Friday for a new water treatment plant and storage tank.

The plant and tank is part of a new campus water system improvement project.

The tank will be a 2-million-gallon elevated storage tank. The treatment plant will be 11,500 gross-square-feet and will be used for chlorination, fluoridation and iron removal.

In attendance were Michigan State University Interim President John Engler; EVP for Administrative Services Satish Udpa; Provost and EVP for Academic Affairs June Pierce Youatt; MSU Trustee Dianne Byrum; Infrastructure Planning and Facilities Utilities Director Bob Ellerhorst; and other IPF team members.