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Show Transcript TREATMENT PLANT. 16 WAPT S ROSS ADAMS JOINS US LIVE WITH DETAILS. ROSS. THE MAYOR SAYS THE CITY WAS PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT COVERING AT OB CURTIS PLANT TO PROTECT EQUIPMENT FROM THE EXTREME WEATHER. BUT THEY DIDN T GET IT DONE BEFORE THE ICE STORM HIT. RED4164 4:00-4:05 IT S A $3 MILLION SHELTER. IT S A SHELTER THAT GOES OVER THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A $3 MILLION CONTRACT TO HEMPHILL CONSTRUCTION TO BUILD A COVERING OVER EQUIPMENT AT THE OB CURTIS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHERE THE CURRENT WATER CRISIS STARTED. RED4164 3:47-3:56 MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA THE ENGINEERING HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. THIS IS A PURCHASE. WE RE WAITING ON CONSTRUCTION BUT THIS WEATHER CAME BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN. ENGINEERI