St. Paul’s water is now flowing from a new treatment plant.

Plant managers announced this week that the rebuilt McCarrons plant has now passed health and safety assessments. It’s a $250 million rebuild of the site, which cleans water from the Mississippi River and pumps it out to St. Paul and 14 surrounding cities.

Mayor Melvin Carter celebrated the opening with a toast of a glass of water, fresh from the new pipes. He said rebuilding the facility was no small feat.

“Every time you get that clean, odorless, colorless, tasteless water out of your faucet, you got to know that somebody has done a whole lot of work to deliver that Mississippi River water to that water that we can enjoy in our kitchens and our water fountains,” Carter said.

The city started construction on a new plant in 20

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