The City of Brandon awarded the single largest construction contract in its history Monday as council voted to go forward with a $139-million project to improve drinking water quality.

The cost will be split between the city, the province and the federal government.

Brandon City Council awarded the contract worth $127,871,394.77 to NAC Constructors Ltd. for a new membrane building, which will be part of the city’s water treatment facility on 26th Street North.

Alexia Stangherlin, the city’s director of utilities, said the city isn’t meeting requirements during the summer months for clean water. The current system the city uses has largely been unchanged since the 1940s.

“This city’s operating licence — we’ve been in a state of non-compliance for a few years now, primarily based on disi

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