The Production Section at the West-End Water Treatment Plant uses various treatment processes to transform raw water from the Kansas River into drinking water that is safe and appealing to customers. Water intake structures located on shores of the Kansas River at the West-End Plant.
Picture shows elevated turbidity levels caused by recent rains.
The first of these processes is the elevation and entry of raw river water into treatment basins with specialized intake structures. The West-End Plant has two water intake structures that contain twelve pumps with rated capacities of ten million gallons a day each. Complex mesh-wire screens on the inside of these intakes eliminate large and damaging debris before water is pumped. This process also provides assurance that damaging debris will not clog other plant equipment or otherwise foul major treatment processes. An attached treatment plant was constructed in parallel to the existing East Plant facilities.