Town Celebrates Completion of New Water Treatment Facility
Town officials, contractors, and members of the public gathered on August 20, 2024, to celebrate the completion of the Pleasant Valley Water Treatment Facility.
“The new building reflects our dedication to sustainability and innovation,” said Dan Tyler, Director of Public Works.
The plant has been in development since 2017, and it incorporates new technology and enhanced systems to meet current and future water needs in Brattleboro. About half the cost of the $14-million project was sourced through grant funding from the state’s Clean Water Initiative Program.
The facility treats more than 1 million gallons of water from the Pleasant Valley Reservoir every day. To ensure that water delivery remained seamless throughout construction, the new facility was built alongside the old plant, which was originally constructed in 1989.
During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Christina Haskins, the Vice President of Dufresne Group and lead engineer on the project, said her group worked with Efficiency Vermont to create a source water heat pump system to heat and cool the building in a more sustainable way. The previous building was heated with oil.
Haskins explained that when potable water enters the building, it’s divided between the treatment facility and the heating system. She said all the components of the heating system are certified for drinking water. The water used for heating will eventually collect in the clear well beneath the building before it’s pumped back into the 3-million-gallon storage tank for distribution.
We would like to extend a special thank you to The Dufrene Group and their team of sub-consultants who designed and oversaw construction of the project, as well as Kingsbury Company and their nearly 40 subcontractors who constructed the project.
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Above: Photos from the ribbon-cutting ceremony, held at the new water treatment facility on Aug. 20, 2024. Below: Aerial photographs of the construction process.
