WHILE THE LEWIS & CLARK REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM IS EXPECTING ENOUGH FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET CLOSE TO COMPLETION, THEY ALSO HAVE A PLAN IN THE WORKS TO UPSIZE THEIR WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TROY LARSON SAYS THE PAST COUPLE OF SUMMERS PUSHED THEM CLOSE TO THEIR FULL TREATMENT LIMITS:
LC4 OC………WITH EXPANSION. :20
LARSON SAYS THEY ALSO HOPE TO GET SOME GROUNDWORK DONE AT THE WATER PLANT NORTH OF VERMILLION:
LC5 OC……….THE WATER IS. :16
LARSON SAYS THE SYSTEM IS LOOKING AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FORTY MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION TO GET THE BASE PIPELINES DONE;
LC6 OC………THE SAME TIME. :17
THEY CURRENT PUMP WATER FROM WELLS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER SOUTH OF VERMILLION TO TOWNS AND CITIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA, IOWA AND MINNESOTA.
Jerry Oster WNAX
