City of Sioux Rapids Water Treatment Plant

The City of Sioux Rapids needed to replace its failing water treatment plant and install a second drinking water well following the identification of a contaminant plume that was migrating towards the existing well. ISG assisted the City in securing community development block grants for the planning and construction phases as well as state revolving fund loans so that safe drinking water for this small community of under 1,000 people was financially feasible. A hydraulic separation study was performed to identify an optimal new well location away from the plume. Extensive permitting was needed because the water treatment plant was located in the floodplain and connection to the new well required boring under the Little Sioux River.