The Champlain Water District is asking all customers to limit outdoor water use while the plant goes through updates.“We’re replacing the entire discharge header, the piping that serves about 90 percent of what we do every day out of Champlain Water District,” said general manager Jim Fay.Watch this storyCrews are working on the part of the plant that pumps about 8.5 million gallons of water a day. Crews are replacing the more than 40-year-old pipes with new stainless steel pipes. To do the work, the district had to shut down Tuesday morning.“It is critical that we maintain a very proactive stance in replacing infrastructure and not wait until it fails,” Fay said.It will take about 48 hours to swap out the pipes. The water that usually flows through the plant serves 25,000 connections throughout Chittenden County, which includes about 75,000 customers. Those customers are being asked to limit their outdoor water use until Thursday morning.“We have storage around Chittenden County and in individual tanks. We'd like that reserved for emergencies such as fires,” Fay said.The whole project will cost a $500,000, but Fay said it will save money down the line.“You don't want it to fail because once something fails, it's going to cost you an awful lot of money to fix it in that type of emergency situation,” Fay said.

The Champlain Water District is asking all customers to limit outdoor water use while the plant goes through updates.

“We’re replacing the entire discharge header, the piping that serves about 90 percent of what we do every day out of Champlain Water District,” said general manager Jim Fay.




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Crews are working on the part of the plant that pumps about 8.5 million gallons of water a day. Crews are replacing the more than 40-year-old pipes with new stainless steel pipes. To do the work, the district had to shut down Tuesday morning.

“It is critical that we maintain a very proactive stance in replacing infrastructure and not wait until it fails,” Fay said.

It will take about 48 hours to swap out the pipes. The water that usually flows through the plant serves 25,000 connections throughout Chittenden County, which includes about 75,000 customers. Those customers are being asked to limit their outdoor water use until Thursday morning.

“We have storage around Chittenden County and in individual tanks. We'd like that reserved for emergencies such as fires,” Fay said.

The whole project will cost a $500,000, but Fay said it will save money down the line.

“You don't want it to fail because once something fails, it's going to cost you an awful lot of money to fix it in that type of emergency situation,” Fay said.

