WATERWORKS: Dulling the roar at the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant

The pumps at Toronto’s R.C. Harris Filtration Plant, which draw 200 million gallons of water each day from Lake Ontario, were silenced last November 3 for a ceremony to mark the operation’s 60th anniversary. Engineer Ken Mains of CH2M Hill toasted the designers of the east-end plant, which has been designated a heritage site by the city and by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.