Orem water treatment plant hosts tour, showing how potable water reaches taps for 2 million people

Orem water treatment plant hosts tour, showing how potable water reaches taps for 2 million people

Thanks to the Don A. Christiansen Regional Water Plant in Orem, Utah and Salt Lake County residents get clean drinking water out of their taps."We deliver water to about 2 million people from this plant, said Gene Shawcroft, the general manager of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.On Friday, Shawcroft helped lead a tour of the treatment plant for a number of state and federal officials, including Congressman Mike Kennedy. He and the ot…