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Dry Prairie Rural Water Construction Progress Update

Dry Prairie Rural Water Construction Progress Update
WHILE MOST OF THE DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER projects used a PVC pipe the Outlook branchline is using is a more cost effective high-density polyethylene (HDPE) due to big price increases on the PVC pipe. Another advantage is with this pipe, lengths of pipe are fused as seen in the top left photo. Middle photo is insidethat machine where the fusing takes place. Fusing eliminates gasket joints every 40 feet. —Dry Prairie Rural Water photos. At left crews used directionalboring to bringthe mainline into Richland.Photo by Jacky Dyrland
Dry Prairie Rural Water Construction Progress Update
WHILE MOST OF THE DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER projects used a PVC pipe the Outlook branchline is using is a more cost effective high-density polyethylene (HDPE) due to big price increases on the PVC pipe. Another advantage is with this pipe, lengths of pipe are fused as seen in the top left photo. Middle photo is insidethat machine where the fusing takes place. Fusing eliminates gasket joints every 40 feet. —Dry Prairie Rural Water photos. At left crews used directionalboring to bringthe mainline into Richland.Photo by Jacky Dyrland
 

Dry Prairie currently has three construction projects underway(seeprogressmap).

The Opheim Ph 1A Project is located in Valley County and was awarded to Agri Industries in 2024 for their low bid of $5.4M. This project is nearing completion. When complete, this project will serve 89 rural customers and the Town of Opheim. All mainline has been installed and there are currently 24 services remaining to complete.

Included in this project is service to theTown Richland. The mainline was installed using the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) method last month in Richland, while...

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