The raw water is pumped via a 16-inch pipe to the Water Treatment Plant. Additional supply is available by gravity from the Spring Mill Reservoir. These supplies can be used independently or in combination. At the treatment plant, which currently has a capacity of 6.0 million gallons per day, water flows by gravity through four treatment steps. The chemicals condition the water to assist in the removal of iron, manganese and suspended solids in subsequent stages of treatment.
Chlorine is used to disinfect the water.
The clearer water from the top of the basins flows to the filters where it is strained through a granular media bed consisting of 20 inches of anthracite and 8 inches of sand. Any suspended solids remaining in the water are removed as the water passes through the filters. This completes the treatment process.