It’s Official! The City of Fillmore celebrated the official Open House of the Water Recycling Plant on May 22. Cutting the ceremonial red ribbon are (l-r) Director of Public Works engineer Bert Rapp; Councilman Steve Conaway; Mayor Patti Walker; John Wyckoff, P.E. Kennedy Jenks Consultants--Lead Design Engineer for the Plant; Mark Strauss, President American Water, Prime Contractor and Operator of the Plant; Councilwoman Laurie Hernandez; Stan Simons, President W.M. Lyles, Construction Contractor; Fillmore City Manager Yvonne Quiring; Glen Hille, P.E., AECOM, Program Manager.

Tom Peterson, Plant Manager for our new water treatment plant, gave visitors a thorough tour of the facility during Saturday’s grand opening.

Among the many unique features of our new water treatment plant is this fish pond which acts like the coal mine canary. If for any reason the water should become tainted, the fish would immediately be affected. Fillmore’s new Water Recycling Plant design has won 8 prestigious awards since its recent opening, including two Project-of-the-Year awards.