The Pella City Council is in the process of beginning the second phase of a nearly $16 million water improvement plan.

The council set a public hearing for November 2nd to approve the contract of an upgrade to the water treatment facility. City Administrator Mike Nardini says the reverse osmosis plant will be geared to treat Jordan aquifer water, which will soon be coming to the city through a recently drilled well along Idaho Drive.

“This particular addition would be a three-million gallon-per-day reverse process, and is specifically intended Jordan water,” Nardini says. “Currently, the city has two Jordan wells, and our current lime softening plant is set up to treat river water.”

He says the $9.3 million facility is expected to be completed by fall 2017.