Despite Heavy Flooding, Contractor Bore Salvages Water Line

摘要

Construction in Lathrop, MO, specializes in water main projects and contracts. In fact, about one-third of the company's business is dedicated to maintaining more than 20 different municipal water systems across northwest Missouri, which means Decker Construction handles the installation and repairs for each system. Last May, the company got an urgent call from Caldwell County Public Water Supply District (PWSD) 3, a municipal customer in Braymer, MO. Weeks of heavy rain near Kingston had caused Shoal Creek to flood several times and had finally scoured out the embankments, washing out the existing 6-inch water main under the creek. More than 2,500 residents would be without water if the situation was not resolved within 48 hours, when the reserves in the water towers would be depleted.