Watertower, Kingbrook Rural Water System, Howard, South Dakota - Water Towers on Waymarking.com

Our water system is separated into three geographic areas, each of which has its own treatment plant and water source from groundwater drawn from wells. We are located in east central South Dakota in the town of Arlington. We serve the surrounding rural area and some small towns. We have implemented the latest in technology including radio read meters to provide a better service for our customers.

SYSTEM BACKGROUND - In March 1974, a preliminary steering committee began soliciting water use information and $25 good intention fees from rural residents. Cliff Jacobson of Sioux Valley Empire Electric Association and the Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake and Miner County Extension Services agencies provided information and assistance. By July 1974, DeWild Grant Reckert and Associates Company (DGR) was retained to study the project area’s needs and prepare a preliminary report and feasibility study.

The preliminary engineering report was completed and accepted in December 1974. The steering committee then forwarded the report to the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) for funding consideration. With over 1,500 water user locations signed up and a preliminary cost estimate of $8 million, FmHA felt the entire system could be completed sooner if financed and constructed in phases, rather than waiting for sufficient funds to do the entire system at once.

In February 1975, DGR presented a report that divided the project into four construction phases. Construction for Phase I and Phase II began in 1977. Phases III and IV would later be combined with construction beginning in 1979. Kingbrook became a vast network of pipeline, meters, ground storage reservoirs, filtration plants and supply wells. Additional members joined the system during the planning and construction stages with the total number of connections near 2,200 when construction was completed in 1981.

The system originally served an area about 2,000 square miles, from Montrose north to Hayti and from Bruce west to Manchester.

GROWTH IN THE ‘90’s - With increasing demand from our current users and interest from many rural South Dakotans needing a source of safe drinking water free of nitrates and other harmful chemicals, Kingbrook’s Board of Directors recognized a need to improve and expand the system.

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