Producing aggregate is a big business and drilling is a big part of it.
Water in the crushed stone quarry is collected at the lowest elevation in an area called a sump. In this quarry, the water is conserved and recycled to wash the crushed stone in the sizing plant. The submersible pump is powered by a 250-HP electric motor. A motor this powerful is needed because the water has to be lifted almost 250 feet in elevation to the land surface to discharge the water. At the surface of this crushed stone operation is a pond that is used to recycle and conserve product wash water used in the sizing plant.