US State to Open Water Treatment Plant

The US state of Kentucky will open its $164m water treatment plant in Franklin-Owen county. It is expected to augment water supply for Lexington and its surrounding areas for the next 20-30 years.

The project included a 31 mile underground pipeline to carry water to the north-east edge of Fayette County and a treatment plant to treat 20 million gallons of water a day.

Construction of the plant began in 2008 and took two years to complete, according to kentucky.com.

The plant uses chemicals to make sediment drop from the water, which is then treated with chlorine and run through filters.