It was time to shut the system down and advise Billings water users to go easy on what treated water was available. “We took it offline at 11 p.m.,” said Debi Meling, Billings Public Works director. The intake pond, about a size of a soccer field and girded with a rusty steel perimeter rising several feet above ground level, is the first stop for river water entering the Billings Water Treatment Plant. The City of Billings preparing for a substantial expansion if its collection system from Yellowstone River water for municipal use could be part of the recovery. The expansion should enable the city to go as long as 40 days without drawing river water.

Source: Forbes June 18, 2022 17:46 UTC