A series of water outages for residents and businesses west of Whitefish are planned for this week as crews continue work on the Highway 93 West reconstruction project.

General contractor Schellinger Construction says the outages are required in order to switch service from old water lines to the newly installed systems.

Outages will occur Sept. 16 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., and on Sept. 17-18 from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Residents are encouraged to prepare for outages by purchasing bottled water or setting aside drinking water. Additionally, filling at least one to two large containers for bathroom and sanitation purposes is recommended.

The outages are as follows:

Tuesday, Sept.16

• Grouse Mountain Lodge

• Residents south of Grouse Mountain Lodge on Fairway Drive

• Residents on Highway 93 west of Fairway Drive, including Lion Mountain

Wednesday, Sept. 17

• Ramsey residents

• Birch Point Drive residents

• Golf Haven Drive residents

• Masters Court residents

Thursday, Sept. 18

• Parkhill Drive residents

• All residents and businesses between Murray Avenue and the Golf Course

• Whitefish Lake Golf Club

Schellinger will also have crews working during the day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday installing water services from Murray to Parkhill Drive. During these days there will be brief water outages to individual residences as service is connected.  Schellinger will notify each affected party prior to the start of work. Outages are anticipated to last approximately an hour for each affected residence.

The water system change over may require shutting down the main water system from Murray Avenue to the west on Sept. 22. The time of day is not yet set but the outage is scheduled to take around two hours.

Schellinger Construction will move forward with scheduled water outages next week pending the completion of chlorination and pressuring testing, which is currently in progress. If changes to the schedule are made, updates will be posted on http://www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/karrow and on the project’s highway reader boards.

A meeting will be held every Tuesday at 9 a.m. at 2005 Lion Mountain Road and the public is welcome to attend.