You start on one side of an obstacle and shoot underneath to the other side: That’s how horizontal directional drilling typically works. However, when the bore needs to end in the middle of a lake, things get tricky.
Garney Construction, a national contractor headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, was brought in to connect the Decatur, Alabama, water system to the Limestone County Water & Sewer Authority in Athens, Alabama. However, to get from one side to the other, there was a 1.5-mile-wide reservoir in between. The reservoir consisted of the Tennessee River and a portion of Wheeler Lake and located just
