With more than 90 billion gallons of Ohio River water flowing past Louisville each day, why did the Louisville Water Company decide to drill wells to tap groundwater for drinking? After all, the river has been the city’s source of water for more than 150 years.
The answer can be found in a course recently added to the utility’s Adventures in Water education curriculum. The “Tunneling for Water” course joined the program in 2010, just as the water company’s Riverbank Filtration Project at the B.E. Payne Treatment Plant was ending.
A video that accompanies the course follows “Science Steve” 150 feet underground
