The Town of Carman will be changing how it holds its treated water.
    
An aging water tower has prompted the council to move ahead with a project to build a new reservoir.  Mayor Bob Mitchell says the current tower is in need of extensive repairs and is essentially coming to the end of its life.  He noted a storage tank below the Carman Water Treatment Plant is also in disrepair and needs replacing.

The new reservoir would hold approximately 800,000 gallons of water.

There are three locations being considered for the new reservoir.  One is in the industrial park, another is the northwest corner of town where the new baseball diamonds will be, and the third location is adjacent to the existing water treatment plant.  

Mitchell said Council has been informed that the project would qualify for government funding, however, the proper resolutions need to be in place before applications can be made.

The cost of the reservoir and storage tank is approximately $6-million.  "And then it ranges anywhere from that all the way up to $20-million for totally replacing the water treatment plant," Mitchell added.

With a lot of work also needed at the town's water treatment plant to bring it up to date, council is also debating whether to build a new facility or tap into the Pembina Valley Water Co-op's system at Stephenfield in order to meet increasing demand.