If you ever wondered what 26 miles of pipe looks like, then wonder no more. the Hopkinsville water plant is in the process of burying the pipes along Hwy. 68/80 between their plant and Lake Barkley.
HWEA General Manager Len Hale said that the 26-mile, $21 million project pumps untreated water from the lake to the Moss Treatment Plant in Hopkinsville.
Over 8,000 sections of pipe planned to be buried to build the subterranean pipeline. Hale said that the funding for the project came from a bond issue.
“Right now, we have had no problems, and that frightens us when we are 50-60 percent complete. It’s been an easy project so far that is on schedule and in budget,” Hale said. He anticipated that the project would be complete and Hopkinsville would receive water by November of this year.
Learn more of Hopkinsville's project in your Cadiz Record.
