Assembly works to keep water flowing this summer

Ahead of the coming summer, the Borough Assembly held a special meeting on April 6 to get an update on the city's water situation.

Last summer Wrangell entered a state of emergency for a month, after Public Works reported its reserves of treated water were threateningly low. Once water is treated and filtered at the municipal plant, it is stored in two 424,000-gallon tanks before distribution. Due to the position of each tank's outflow about 130,000 gallons are considered unusable, effectively limiting overall capacity to 718,000 gallons.

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