To produce even more drinking water from surface water, De Watergroep is significantly expanding the De Gavers Water Production Centre (WPC) in Harelbeke. That the WPC remains in operation while the works are ongoing was just one of the challenges in this project.

WPC De Gavers is located on Beneluxlaan in the municipality of Stasegem, adjacent to the E17 motorway and the Kortrijk-Bossuit canal. From this canal, De Watergroep draws the water that undergoes various processes and is then supplied to the public drinking water network. The pumped water is pretreated until it has the quality of bathing water, and then flows gravitationally towards the 60-ha Gavermeer lake in the Provincial Domain De Gavers. After about 4 months in this flow-through basin (with self-cleaning effect), the water is pumped back to the WPC, where it is post-treated and purified through various processes and upgraded to drinking water. This is then pumped to the reservoirs and water towers in the Kortrijk-Harelbeke-Waregem region. Via distribution pipes, the water reaches the customers. At the start in 1995, WPC De Gavers produced 15,000 m3/day. Through expansion and refinement of the installations over the years, the production capacity today amounts to 32,000 m3/day.

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