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Fort Union Trading Post NHS proposes to improve the quality and reliability of the potable and fire protection water systems in the park. Fort Union Trading Post currently has a well that provides potable water to the reconstructed fort/ visitor center and the park maintenance area and 2 houses, via a buried pipeline. There is a 5,000 gallon water storage tank buried north of the fort which currently stores water for drinking and the fire suppression system and 1,000 gallons of water storage near the shop/housing area.
Fort Union Trading Post NHS has considered two alternatives to their existing water supply to meet the park's need for sustainable potable water for visitors, employees, residents, and fire protection.
The first alternative is to continue only using the existing well which will require digging a new well at some point in the near future.
The preferred alternative is to access the new Dry Prairie Rural Water System as the primary public water supply for the park, and to continue temporarily to maintain the existing potable water well as a backup supply source. The reservoirs would continue to be used for storage, but the reservoir at the fort would be reconfigured so that it only provided water for the fire suppression system in the Bourgeois House. This alternative requires digging a 3500' trench to access the rural water system via a buried pipeline.
Fort Union Trading Post NHS has considered two alternatives to their existing water supply to meet the park's need for sustainable potable water for visitors, employees, residents, and fire protection.
The first alternative is to continue only using the existing well which will require digging a new well at some point in the near future.
The preferred alternative is to access the new Dry Prairie Rural Water System as the primary public water supply for the park, and to continue temporarily to maintain the existing potable water well as a backup supply source. The reservoirs would continue to be used for storage, but the reservoir at the fort would be reconfigured so that it only provided water for the fire suppression system in the Bourgeois House. This alternative requires digging a 3500' trench to access the rural water system via a buried pipeline.