Town of Rocanville hires engineering firm to do water treatment plant assessment
Rocanville Town Council
February 17, 2026, 10:40 am
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
At their meeting on Wednesday, Rocanville Town Council reviewed proposals from three companies for a water treatment plant assessment and awarded the assessment to Associated Engineering for $20,500.
Town Administrator Tanya Strandlund says the assessment will give the town an idea of the lifespan of their current water treatment plant, and a plan moving forward on what needs to be done in order to keep the water treatment plant in good operating order.
“This might help us decide if are we headed in the direction of a repair or a rebuild in future,” she says. “We have been having some water issues and are trying extremely hard to address them.”
Strandlund says Associated Engineering just did an assessment on a plant similar to Rocanville’s, which is part of the reason they went with them for the assessment.
McAuley to the rescue
After having some zamboni issues on the weekend of Feb. 7, McAuley, Manitoba came to the rescue, lending Rocanville their zamboni for the weekend.
“McAuley lent their machine for the weekend and we can’t say thank you enough to all the volunteers and people who have helped,” says Administrator Tanya Strandlund.
Councillor Stan Langley took a trailer to McAuley to load the machine and Strandlund said they had volunteers working to get parts and fix the Rocanville zamboni in the meantime to get it up and running again.
Street sweeping company hired
The town will be hiring Virtue Construction to do street sweeping again in the spring. The town has used Virtue Construction for a number of years and is happy with them. The town was quoted $11,800 including taxes, but Administrator Tanya Strandlund noted that cost usually comes down as Virtue picks up a few other communities along their sweeping circuit in the area.
New furnace at rink
Flatland Plumbing and Heating will install a new furnace at the rink at a cost of $6,972. There are two furnaces at the rink, with the first one going down last season, and the second one going down this season about three weeks ago.
Pool staff well trained
In the rec report it was mentioned that a number of pool staff have completed their NLS National Lifeguard Courses, meaning that about half the guards at the pool are now senior lifeguards. “So our staff is very well trained,” says Administrator Tanya Strandlund.
