Tantramar council will be considering some more unplanned spending in the Sackville water utility budget, which could end up diverting up to $40,000 from reserve funds meant for the eventual upgrading of Sackville’s sewage lagoons.
Public works manager Jon Eppell told council Monday that three water pumps which push untreated water through the filtration system at the water treatment plant are underperforming, putting the town at risk of potential shortages in Sackville’s treated water supply.
“Our production has been challenged for the last year plus,” said Eppell. “We were not managing to treat enough water, or as quickly as we were expecting.”
