Current Project:  Pipe Creek Rest Area, I-69 Northbound and Sounthbound

On June 20 th , 2006 construction began on two rest areas located on Interstate 69 in northern Indiana . Early on in the design process, engineers from Bonar Group found that tapping into a local water plant was not an option. Distance was working against them. In this project new water plants would have to be designed for each rest area. Although the water plants would be small, they would have to produce safe drinking water for the public from a raw water source afflicted with high iron and iron bacteria.

Just a year ago, CleanWater Ozone completed a similar plant for an Indiana turnpike service plaza near LaPorte , Indiana . The 150 gpm plant was constructed by Michiana Contracting and completed in October 2005. That plant was designed to handle high iron for both the eastbound and westbound plazas. It was this experience which would interest Bonar Group in the design of the water plants for the Pipe Creek rest areas.

In the end, ozone was the most efficient option for iron removal and disinfection. Each 150 gpm plant was designed with ozone production capabilities of up to 12 lbs per day of ozone. The small plants employ pressure filters to remove oxidized contaminates. Construction of the water plants is scheduled to begin in Spring of 2007.

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