An Oil Boom Exploded Demand for High-Quality Water. This Manager and Her Operators Stepped Up.

In the vast open spaces of North Dakotas, Grace Rixen leads a team producing high-quality water prized by rural residents

An Oil Boom Exploded Demand for High-Quality Water. This Manager and Her Operators Stepped Up.

Rixen (shown checking the open/close limits on a Sharpe air-actuated valve from ASC Engineered Solutions), reaches out to potential recruits in part by teaching career day classes for schools.

North Dakota isn’t just a windswept place haunted only by antelope and jackrabbits.

From 2010 to 2021, the state’s population grew by just over 15%, driven largely by an oil drilling boom. That growth brought increasing demand for the Southwest Water Authority, based in...

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