By Mary Alice Murphy
The purpose of the Jan. 7 Grant County Water Commission meeting was to update the members on the regional water plan and to talk about additional funding sources.
Gary Berg of Engineers Inc. reported when the quotes came in for the west test well, "they were significantly higher than the estimate. We asked more drillers to put in bids, but then fell back to our original bidders, and went ahead with Kuester Drilling. He brought in a supplies list and it's $100,000. He is in process with a well to drill in Tyrone. By the third week of the month, he should be able to do this test well, when it dries up. It will take a little over a month to drill the well."