If you don’t have good water, it doesn’t matter what other resources you have. Securing a good public water supply is one of the most basic but most important concerns for any town. Like many municipalities, Baton Rouge, La., has found its water supply stressed to its limits by population growth and city expansion. Some creative thinking about drilling a new well was a key component in addressing those limits.
Bruce Duhe has worked for Layne Christensen for over 25 years, but he says that building a “scavenger” well to shore up the well near Lula Avenue in Baton Rouge is the most challenging project of his career to date.