Project Staff
Todd Siel, Manager, 308.928.2182
For information regarding rules, policies & board action
Jim Zimmerman, Superintendent, 402.746.4469
For information regarding equipment, leaks or other problems
Mary Goebel, Bookkeeper, 308.928.2182
For information regarding bills and payment cards
Project Cost
- Total Cost: $3,237,059
- USDA Grant: $1,302,100
- USDA Loan: $565,000
- LRNRD Contribution: $59,950
Project Size
- Total of 117 miles of pipeline
- Franklin to Guide Rock, NE, 40 miles
- Highway 136 to Kansas State Line, 6 miles
Billing Rates
- Connection Fee: $1,500 plus construction cost
- Rural: $30 per month, $3.20 per 1,000 gallons
- Inavale: $20 per month, $3.20 per 1,000 gallons
Completed in October of 2005, the Lower Republican NRD’s Rural Water Project supplies approximately 91 homes and the Village of Guide Rock with quality drinking water. Owned and operated by the LRNRD, the Rural Water Project transports water from the City of Franklin and services both the Village of Guide Rock and a total of 186 rural operations, including domestic and livestock wells. This water is purchased from the City of Franklin at a price of $2.05 per 1,000 gallons. The Rural Water Project water storage facility is a 100,000 gallon tank located four miles south of Franklin.
