Pump tests have been done on the new collector well for the City of Yankton water supply. Water was pumped from the well at a rate of fourteen thousand gallons per minute for seventy two hours. That equals about twenty million gallons per day.
City Manager Amy Nelson says there is more water available than expected, but…
Nelson says the initial water tests show more hardness than had been anticipated…
The city has been using wells on the Nebraska side of the river for several years as a backup supply. Nelson says those will continue to be part of the water system…
City commissioners will get more on the water plant update at their meeting tonight, 7PM at the RTEC building.
