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Article: Prairie Water projects uses Akkerman microtunneling and conventional methods
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- Mining Engineering
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Aurora, CO's Prairie Waters Project is the first large-scale water re-use project in the state's history. It is slated for completion in 2010. When completed, water will be pumped from the South Platte River, undergo a six-step treatment process and ultimately replenish the now sparse drinking water situation.
The $754 million project was selected from 54 other bid packages as the most environmentally friendly, cost effective and best long-term solution for the current drought condition. The Prairie Water Project's goal is to make the treated river water taste indistinguishable from the current mountain runoff water. The project will exceed the federal government's two-step treatment ...