Will use a cistern if it works
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Trent Fire Department volunteers will be able to fill fire trucks in town if a plan to bury a cistern by the town’s old well works out.
Trent city officials and the fire chief say the solution will provide enough water to fill trucks quickly in case the highway is flooded, preventing travel to its current source of water west of town at Jim Lacey’s place. In a recent house fire during spring flooding, the department had to request aid and water from Flandreau, Colman and Jasper, Minn., because the road was flooded to the water source. The town doesn’t have enough pressure to fill a truck with its rural water source without causing others to dramatically lose water pressure.
Trent town board members are looking into what it would cost to install the cistern and any needed equipment. After a brainstorming session that looked at a number of options, the cistern plan was chosen as the best. Some other solutions, such as increasing the size of the rural water pipe coming into town would be cost prohibitive, said Jonathan Damm, board president. The Big Sioux River and the Trent Swimming Pool also are option but the water is not filtered and would be hard on the truck equipment, he said.
The cistern, which could cost between $5,000 and $10,000, is the best solution, he said. “I think that one makes the most sense financially. We’ve got the wells; we’ve got the pump there,” Damm said.