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March 04, 2005
Rimini, MT Finally Gets New Water Source
As reported in The Billings Gazette, and published by the Associated Press, in Helena, MT, it was announced by officials that they believe they may finally have found a new source of drinking water for homes in the small community of Rimini, where decades of mining contaminated residents' water supplies.
Mike Bishop, project manager with the Environmental Protection Agency, said a test well recently drilled about a mile downstream from the community produced about 40 gallons of water per minute during a short test period. He has been seeking a water source that could provide a minimum of 35 gpm, which could eventually provide enough water for 50 households in the small community west of Helena.
The EPA is building the production system, including a small treatment plant to remove arsenic from the water and a storage tank. The system eventually would be turned over to the Rimini residents, with a newly formed water district overseeing the maintenance and operations.
The cost of doing that is anticipated to be $40-$60 per month and will be borne by Rimini residents hooked into the system. Those cost estimates are based upon having 25 homes on the system.
This community has been waiting a long time for solution to their pollution problems and now seems to have one in sight.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at March 4, 2005 03:47 PM
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