City of Somerset
New Raw Water Intake for Water Treatment Plant

 
PROJECT LOCATION: SOMERSET, KENTUCKY

PROJECT COST: $4,600,000

DATE COMPLETED: NOVEMBER 1996

OWNER: CITY OF SOMERSET


ENGINEER: HOWARD K. BELL

  • Drilled 20’ diameter shaft approximately 60’ into rock
  • Built 40’ extension above ground to pump house
  • Bored 48” diameter micro tunnel 350’ into lake
  • Installed 36” diameter intake pipe and screen on an H pile support system under water