Completion of Water Treatment Plant Could Reduce Brown Water in Foxborough by Summer 2013
Once completed, the $6.8 million water treatment plant off Oak Street will remove iron and manganese from the water on the east side of town and add chemicals to reduce the corrosive acidity of the water.
As many residents continue to experience brown water throughout town there may be a remedy to the problem coming to the east side of town by early summer 2013. Foxborough DPW Director Roger Hill recently told Foxborough Patch the $6.8 million water treatment plant off Oak Street is on target to be completed by early summer. Once online, the plant will remove iron and manganese from the water – the primary cause of brown water in town – and add chemicals to reduce the corrosive acidity of the water. “That [plant is] under construction right now,” Hill said. … “All the masonry work is done at the plant. Some of the roof is on.” Hill said in addition to constructing the Oak Street plant the DPW chose to rehabilitate the three wells because …
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