From our inbox here is an urgent action alert from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI): Water is one of our most important resources - we drink it, we bathe in it, we recreate in it. But in Iowa 94% of the population is experiencing drought. Most recently, Osceola was forced to increase water restrictions…
SOLON Solon agreed in 2017 to provide city water to the 14 houses in Gallery Acres West miles away because of the development’s arsenic-plagued drinking water well.
Four years later, the 8-inch diameter pipeline that was supposed to connect the development to Solon’s water still isn’t complete and may have to be re-laid because portions are not deep enough to avoid freezing in the winter.
“Since the contractor made the error, they have to go back and fix that,” said Tracy Hufford, a resident of Gallery Acres West.
The neighborhood, which backs up to the Lake Macbride Golf Course off Highway 382, got a loan from the State Revolving Fund for $1.3 million and has used about $932,500 so far on the project, said Mark Moeller, supervisor of the Water Supply Engineering Section of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.