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Our Town: Standpipe

Mar 14, 2024 | 4:55 PM

One of the many things we take for granted in our city today, is that there will be clean, fresh drinking water, every time you turn on the tap.

But it wasn’t always that way.

Before filtration and distribution systems were in place, people got their water straight from the South Saskatchewan river.

Early leaders recognized the need for improvement and, as this episode of Our Town shows, it lead to a structure that once dominated the city skyline.