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Pipeline at North Elkhorn to Bring More Water to Lexington

By Knox van Nagell | October 6th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Piping Water Under a Creek, www.Kentucky.com

Piping Water Under a Creek, www.Kentucky.com

Pipeline work at North Elkhorn begins

HALF OF CREEK BEING DAMMED

Excerpt from www.Kentucky.com, posted October 6, 2009

By Andy Mead, amead@herald-leader.com

SWITZER — A dam is being built around half of North Elkhorn Creek, just downstream from the historic Switzer Covered Bridge in Franklin County.

The ultimate goal: To bring Lexington more water.

Specifically, a controversial pipeline being laid beneath the creek will carry as much as 20 million gallons a day from a new treatment plant under construction on the Kentucky River north of Frankfort… Read more at Kentucky.com


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