Connecticut Water Service Inc.’s board of directors has approved an overall $65.9 million capital spending plan for 2016, most of which will be spent on pipeline and other infrastructure improvements in Connecticut.
The Connecticut Water Co. will see $58.6 million in spending.
According to Eric W. Thornburg, CTWS’s president and CEO, $22.6 million has been allocated for pipeline replacement and other eligible infrastructure improvements in Connecticut through the Water Infrastructure and Conservation Adjustment (WICA) program.
The capital spending plan also includes $24.6 million in treatment plant improvements. The majority is allocated to a major upgrade at Connecticut Water’s Rockville Water Treatment Plant, the company’s oldest surface water treatment plant that went into service in 1970.
The plant is undergoing a major treatment technology update using newer Dissolved Air Flotation technology. The upgrade will ensure that the company has reliable capacity and system redundancy to meet the water needs of current and future customers in northern Connecticut. The plant upgrade is expected to be completed and put into service in late 2017.
Connecticut Water has about 90,000 customers serving approximately 300,000 people.
