Owen Sound Water Plant Was Down Two Treatment Units When Boil Water Advisory Was Issued

The City disclosed a filter was offline during Owen Sound's boil water advisory in March. It didn't mention a flocculator had failed in December, and its replacement isn't expected until 2027.

Owen Sound’s Richard H. Neath Water Purification plant at 2600 3rd Avenue East, Owen Sound. A previous version of this article contained a photo of the Owen Sound Wastewater Treatment Plant at 2050 3rd Avenue East.

Editor’s note, added July 12, 2026: After this article was published, a reader alerted us to a May 21 Operations Committee meeting at which C…