Construction to start on major Foothills-Okotoks water project

Another water source will help Okotoks accommodate decades of population growth, according to Mayor Tanya Thorn.

Work is starting up on a new pipeline that will send more water to Okotoks after decades of supply issues in the community south of Calgary.

The Foothills Okotoks Regional Water Project will see water pumped from the confluence of the Bow and Highwood rivers to treatment facilities in both the town and Foothills County.

Another water source will help Okotoks accommodate decades of population growth, according to Mayor Tanya Thorn.

Plans for the project, which include a new reservoir and pump station, evolved from a previous vision that would have seen a pipeline sending treated water from Calgary into the town.