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Buckeye Water Treatment Plant Tour
April 6, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Buckeye Water Treatment Plant Tour
Old Shasta
Thursday, April 6, 9:30 am
This field trip will be limited to the first 20 people who sign up. To reserve a space, email [email protected]
Shasta Environmental Alliance has arranged for a tour of the City of Redding Buckeye Water Treatment Plant in the hills north of Old Shasta and above Keswick Reservoir. We will meet at the Holiday Market parking lot near CVS at Placer and Buena Ventura to carpool/caravan to the plant.
This plant treats water coming from Whiskeytown Lake from a penstock that runs from the lake, through Old Shasta, and continues on to the Keswick Power Plant on Iron Mountain Road. City staff will give us a complete tour and explanation of the operation of the plant. This plant also sits above the Spring Creek Reservoir storing water draining from Iron Mt. Mine.
The plant was kept running by city staff during the Carr Fire as it burned on both sides of it and on to the town of Keswick and Redding.
For an excellent article on how city staff saved the plant as the Carr Fire burned around it go to: Treatment Plant Operators: The Unsung Heroes of California’s Carr Fire
Again, this field trip will be limited to the first 20 people who sign up. To reserve a space, email [email protected]