Wrangell Sentinel -

Site prep work is finished and concrete foundation work has started on a new multimillion-dollar treatment plant to improve water quality and quantity for Wrangell.

“We’re actually pouring our first footings,” Amber Al-Haddad, the borough’s capital facilities director, said Feb. 14.

The metal building that will house the water treatment system is scheduled for mid- to late-March arrival, she said, with the equipment to follow later.

Completion is planned for June 2025 under the terms of federal funding for the project.

The new plant will remove impurities from the town’s water sup...