City officials say water plant wont be done on time

The sounds of pumping water and grinding drills echo throughout. Massive white pipes are stacked in neat piles, while beams of light-colored wood and bars of steels are scattered on the dirt- and water-covered floors. The smell is an almost musty one.

This is Havre's new water treatment plant on First Street, a $6.7 million project plus $1.5 million for engineering and testing which initially was planned to be completed by last October. Work began on the new water plant in May of 2000.

An extension was granted in October to Williams Brothers Construction, the project's contractor, costing the...