Is the District going to find and implement a solution for hardness?
The Board of Directors voted on December 13, 2017 to implement a solution to improve the quality of our water by reducing the hardness. The decision was to move forward with a centralized pellet softening treatment system, which will reduce the calcium hardness and scale forming characteristics of the District’s water.
The softening project is on schedule with the design phase coming to completion at the end of January 2019. The District went through a selection process and selected Moltz Construction as the Construction Manager At Risk for the softening project. Once the design is complete, Moltz will submit a cost estimate for the construction project. If the District’s Board approves the cost estimate from Moltz, it is anticipated that construction will start around the first week of March, 2019. The Ennis Water Softening Facility became operational in March 2021, the treatment process brings the District water hardness level to 7 grains per gallon.