LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After decades of complaining about brown water in Charlestown, Indiana, the community got a look inside the water treatment plant on Thursday.
The $16 million facility will help around 3,000 customers get clean, clear water.
Thursday night, Indiana American Water, which runs the facility, hosted an open house allowing people to see how the operation works.
"The facility that we acquired when we, when we acquired the city water system was outdated," President Matthew Wayne Prine said. "It basically pulled water out of the ground, added the appropriate chemicals and sent it out into the system. Here we have an actual filter plant, you see behind me some high pressure filters that actually remove sediment, remove impurities in the water, and obviously then provide disinfection."
Indiana American Water took over Charlestown's water back in 2019.
Charlestown officials also broke ground on a new water reclamation facility on Oct. 17. It will convert wastewater into water that can be used for other purposes like farming or industry.
The city hopes to have that plant running by the end of 2025.
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