The work of making the change has been in progress during the past two months.

A new brick annex was constructed on the south side of the power house to accommodate the filters and the pumps. The filters, and one pumping engine, were installed in the new building.

Under the agreement between the Town and the CNR, the company supplies the town with the water, at a cost of 18 cents per 1,000 gallons, with a minimum of $3 per day.

It is calculated this will mean a considerable saving to the Town in operating costs. It is also fully expected that the quality of the water will be much superior for domestic use than the water formerly obtained from Stoney Lake and therefore, with the larger consumption, the revenue to the waterworks department should gradually show an increase.

The Humboldt Water Tower is one of four towers of this design still standing in Saskatchewan. This design is striking for its resemblance to a coastal lighthouse and is distinguished by a wooden shell pierced by four slender windows spiraling, reminiscent of an interior spiral staircase, to the top of the tower.

Originally seven of these structures are known to have been built in Saskatchewan. Still remaining are those of Humboldt, Kamsack, Kerrobert and Weyburn.

The Humboldt structure is the only one with a treatment plant intact adjacent to the tower. All towers are thought to be designed in the first quarter of the 20th century by the engineering firm of Chipman and Power. Approximate construction dates are—Humboldt, 1909-1919; Kamsack, 1917; Weyburn, 1912 1914; Kerrobert, 1911.

The Humboldt structure was abandoned when a new water treatment plant came on line in the spring of 1977.