Sioux Center, Iowa — Work is underway to replace an old, damaged well with a brand new water well in to supply the community’s use in Sioux Center.
Crews began drilling the new deep well during this past week, tapping into a local aquifer more than 300 feet below ground level. This well will replace Sioux Center Municipal Utilities’ Well 14, which had developed a significant hole in the casing, allowing gravel into the well.
Sioux Center Utility Manager Murray Hulstein says that they’ll be working to make a new well operational over the next four weeks. He also says that they are predicting that it will be online in about a month.
Sioux Center’s water is drawn from two local aquifers and treated to exceed all federal and state standards at the Sioux Center Water Plant before being sent out to more than 2,600 customers.
Sioux Center Municipal Utilities continues to seek ways to improve and add to its high-quality water supply. The community plans to connect to the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System by the middle of 2023, bringing additional high-quality water from aquifers along the Missouri River. Once this connection happens, Sioux Center could receive up to 600,000 gallons of water per day from Lewis & Clark.
As hot, dry weather conditions persist, members of SCMU say that Sioux Center remains in a water watch. In a water watch, SCMU asks customers to voluntarily limit lawn irrigation, watering only one to two times per week, up to an inch application, and only the hours of 8 p.m. to 10 a.m.
