After a 34-year wait, water from the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System (L&C) finally started flowing to Sibley on Thursday.
Sibley is the 20th and final member to be connected and has reserved capacity of 650,000 gallons a day. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the connection has been scheduled for Oct. 28.
Lewis & Clark was incorporated in January 1990 and Sibley joined in October 1990. Director Larry Pedley first joined the Sibley City Council in 1985 and made the motion for the city to join the water system. The new meter building in Sibley will be dedicated in Pedley's honor during the ribbon-cutting event.
Even though all 20 members are connected, construction of the 44.19 million gallon a day Base System will not be finished until 2028 when the third and final phase of the water treatment plant near Vermillion is completed. Construction started in 2022 to expand L&C to 60 million gallons a day. This expansion is expected to be completed in 2030 and will increase Sibley’s reserved capacity to a total of one million gallons a day.
The ribbon cutting will begin at 11 a.m. on Oct. 28 at the Sibley meter building to celebrate Sibley’s connection to L&C. The address is 1651 Pierce Ave. one-half mile north of the Kwik Star.
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