FALLING CREEK WATER PLANT NEEDS STORAGE RESERVOIR

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 31, 1993                   TAG: 9301310148
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Joel Turner
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short
FALLING CREEK WATER PLANT NEEDS STORAGE RESERVOIR
Less than a year after completing a $1.5 million renovation of the Falling Creek water filtration plant, Roanoke must build an additional storage reservoir for chlorine treatment there.
City officials estimate that the reservoir will cost approximately $300,000. It would hold up to 200,000 gallons.
City Manager Bob Herbert will ask City Council next week to approve a $30,000 contract with consultants to design and oversee the construction.
Kit Kiser, director of operations and utilities, said Friday that the Falling Creek plant already has one storage reservoir, but a second is needed so the water can be treated longer with chlorine.
The Falling Creek plant, located in Bedford County, is one of three water supplies for the city. It provides 2 million gallons a day.
"Long after we had designed and started to work on the [Falling Creek] plant, the state came up with new regulations," said Craig Sluss, manager of the city Water Department.
Carvins Cove Reservoir and filtration plant is the largest supply, producing 18 million gallons a day. Work has started on a plan to enlarge the Carvins Cove filtration plant's capacity to 28 million gallons.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB