The water intake project in Saugeen Shores is almost complete.
The Ministry of Natural Resources permit to work in Lake Huron expired October 31st, so invasive work has come to a stop.
Director of Engineering Dave Burnside says the piping is in the lake, scour protection is in place and three artificial fish habitat reefs have been created.
Burnside says there is some work to be done.
That includes the final connection of the raw water intake pipe at the inlet chamber to the low lift pump station, along with the installation of sampling and chlorination lines.
That work can be done without a permit, because it is not invasive, and he hopes it will be done this week, or next, weather permitting.
Some deficiencies will be fixed next July, and the contractor will again have to apply for a permit from the MNR to do the work.
Burnside says that work will be short lived, but is necessary, and could include making sure there is enough scour protection and backfill.
The system, when complete will service all of Saugeen Shores.
Burnside says the piping stretches more than a kilometer and a half into the lake, and will assure better water quality.
The water intake project is costing over five-million-dollars to complete.
