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Water Treatment Plant |
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The City of Anacortes is committed to providing quality water for
all residents and making sure its citizens can rest assured of its
safety and superior quality.
The City owns and operates a regional water treatment plant located near
Mount Vernon, on the east bank of the Skagit River. The current plant
has been in operation since February of 1970 and serves around 56,000
residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
The Anacortes Water Treatment Plant uses a multi-barrier approach in
turning the raw Skagit River water into tap water. This consists of
gates and screens at the Intake Station, where the water is drawn from
the Skagit, disinfection to inactivate harmful organisms, and treatment
to enhance the formation of large particles that can be readily settled
out in the settling (or sedimentation) basins and filtered by the
plant’s multi-media filters. The filters use nature’s own water
purification method as the settled water passes through layers of
anthracite, sand, garnet, and gravel. The entire treatment process is
continuously and closely monitored. The plant is staffed 24 hours per
day, 365 days per year by certified water treatment plant operators.
Water samples from each phase of the process are tested according to a
strict daily schedule at the plant’s laboratory. Independent
laboratories conduct additional tests.
In the interest of safety we can not offer tours of the Water Treatment
Plant during the construction project. A plant video tour and a large
print transcript is available to view at the City of Anacortes Library.
The library offers check-out of the video for in-home viewing. |
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Contact Us |
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14489 Riverbend Road
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Water Information Hotline: (360) 299-1973
(360) 428-1598
(360) 428-1574 – fax
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