Contractor Faces Several Challenges in Months-Long Project to Install Water Main

Long, deep bore tests crews as they work to install new water main under Nebraska’s Niobrara River

Contractor Faces Several Challenges in Months-Long Project to Install Water Main

An aerial view of the job site from one side of the Niobrara River looking across to the other side. Crews had to drill a 4,320-foot bore under the river to replace a failed waterline.

After the Spencer Dam in northern Nebraska collapsed in March 2019, public officials had numerous issues to contend with along with massive flooding, including a ruptured water main that left thousands of residents in Boyd County without water.

Even though the original...

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