City water department employees have finished the first round of flushing Pierre’s water lines.

Project manager Gidget Palmer says in anticipation of the new drinking water plant coming online next year, the City cleaned more than 100 miles of water distribution pipes to remove any material that might have collected in them.

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Palmer says the process started in late October and wrapped up mid-December. She says the city will do a secondary flush of the pipes shortly before distribution from the drinking water treatment facility comes online, which is expected to happen by next fall (2022).

The treated water is the result of a 2018 public vote when Pierre residents decided the city should build a drinking water treatment facility. Surface water from the Missouri River will be treated at the new facility and replace the underground aquifer currently used as Pierre’s water source.

Image credit City of Pierre.

Members of Pierre’s City Water Department open an underground water valve as part of the City’s recently completed pipe flushing project. The City maintains more than 100 miles of water main.
Image credit City of Pierre.

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