The new, secondary water treatment plant in Steinbach is expected to go into service within the next two weeks, about four months behind the original schedule. Kyle Shymko, the city's head engineer, explains the reason for the delay.

"They've been doing some troubleshooting with the treatment facility, troubleshooting with controls and things like that to make sure that everything is running the way we expect it to."

He says final testing is set to begin this week and if all goes well, it will go into service sometime next week. Shymko says residents should not notice any difference in water quality since the chemistry of the water will be the same as the primary plant.

Shymko adds the city had the luxury of time with this project.

"It's taken a little bit longer than maybe we would have liked, but knowing that our existing facility has the capacity to serve the city, we want to make sure that everything is done exactly the way it should be when it comes to suppying treated water to the city. We have been in a good position to enforce quality."

The $11.3 million water treatment plant is the city's most expensive infrastructure project ever done. City council decided to build it now because the primary plant is within a year or two years of reaching capacity.