Bossier City is involved in a $72 million project to double the capacity of their water treatment plant. In addition to construction of a new facility, the project will include a rehabilitation of the existing water treatment plant, which is expected to be completed in 2013. The expansion of the water plant will increase capacity to 45 million gallons of water a day.
During the rehabilitation the existing plant will receive new lime feed equipment to soften the water and an ozone injection system to provide a more efficient way to remove bacteria and improve the taste and odor of the water.
The original water treatment facility was constructed in 1958 and supported six million gallons of water per day, an amount that has grown over the years to support increases in water demands. It currently supports 25 million gallons per day.