Algonac Water Filtration Plant – Formerly Algonac “Water Works”

The Original Water Works plant was constructed in 1938-1939 on its present location and provided a much needed supply of safe water to the small population in Algonac. There was not public water supply prior to that. We obtain our water supply from the St. Clair River now, as we always have since the original construction. It was sometime in the late 1940’s early 1950’s when Clay Township became a customer, and we then started providing a good supply of water to the Township, as well as the City of Algonac.

Throughout the years, as the population has grown in both the City of Algonac and Township of Clay, we have had to increase the capacity of the filtration plant as demanded by population. We expanded in the 1950’s, the 1960’s, and lastly in 1999 to accommodate the needs of the communities, to bring our capacity of production to almost 3 million gallons per day.

We have on staff, four licensed operators, including the supervisor, and our business office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. However, we are staffed many more hours of the day, seven days a week, and 365 days per year. We are located at 1530 St. Clair River Drive in Algonac, and can be reached at 810-794-3281.

We offer pre-arrange tours to many different organizations (Schools, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, etc.) and are handicapped accessible.

For more information about the Algonac Water Filtration facility, please contact:

Mr. Gary Trese, Supt.
Algonac Water Department
1530 St. Clair River Drive
Algonac, Michigan 48001
Phone: 810-794-3281
Fax: 810-794-9186

See the CITY OF ALGONAC 2003 WATER QUALITY REPORT

See the CITY OF ALGONAC 2002 WATER QUALITY REPORT

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