The Town of Shaunavon will be having a Water Works Assessment done this year.

Government regulations require this assessment be done every five years, and the Town has awarded the contract to Spring Creek Engineering from Moose Jaw.

Ron Phillips is the Director of Operations for The Town of Shaunavon. He explained how the assessment is done, "We hire an engineer that comes around and does a full, complete, comprehensive assessment on the whole water works system, right from the well houses to the ages of the wells, to the equipment that we use, and just makes sure everything is as it's supposed to be."

There is no set date yet on when the assessment will be done.

Phillips says the Town, since it's working on UV upgrades, have asked for an extension, so the assessment may not be done until September or October.