CULVER, Kan. (AP) — After dealing with dirty tap water for years, residents of a tiny town in north-central Kansas have a new water treatment system thanks to some state and federal grants and thousands of hours of volunteer labor.
Residents of Culver, a town of about 120 residents in Ottawa County, have long had to deal with murky water that didn’t taste good. Tests revealed there was no health issue, just a lot of manganese and iron in Culver’s two city wells.
Culver now has a new water treatment plant and a delivery system after residents put in more than a mile of water line and also helped with other water line projects.
City Clerk Lou Ann Inscho says volunteers put in about $157,000 in labor hours.