Skidmore will soon be connected to the Nodaway County Rural Water Supply District.

The town, which is facing low water levels in town wells, will be connected to the rural water district in about a month.

Skidmore’s City Council approved a contract worth roughly $430,000 to make the connection in an emergency meeting Wednesday.  The town noticed low water levels in two wells and another well dry last weekend, Mayor Debbie Abrams said.

As a result, water was trucked in from Burlington Junction.  That town lies roughly 12 miles north of Skidmore in Nodaway County.

Skidmore city officials also went door-to-door last Sunday handing out bottled water to residents.

The connection to the rural water supply will be paid for in part by a USDA Community Development Block Grant.  The grant was approved to pay for the connection and a new water tower.  In response, Skidmore’s water rated increased in June.

The town had been prepping for the connection, but the low water levels in the town wells sped-up the process.

The town is currently using two of it’s three wells, which are dropping two-to-three inches in water level a day.

“We got to moniter them and we got to make sure we don’t pump them dry,” Abrams said.

If they do get close to going dry, the town will truck more water in from Burlington Junction.  Construction on the rural water connection is expected to begin in the next few days and should be completed in about a month.

“Everybody knows it and knows were on restrictions so I think we are doing pretty good over here right at the moment,” Abrams said.  “I’m just hoping it holds out.”