We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Crews with Pike Construction were busy at this site on the south side of Highway 2, two miles west of Harlem, removing an old culvert that ran under the Harlem Irrigation Canal. The canal, which runs along the south side of the highway, was breached when a culvert failed, shutting down water to about 11,000 acres of land while the break was repaired.
During the past two weeks, with unusually prolonged, hot temperatures, there have been a couple of infrastructure failures that caused water woes in Blaine County. The St. Mary Diversion is part of a system that moves water that ultimately ends up in the Milk River. About two weeks ago a small leak was discovered in one of two siphons in that system. Bureau of Reclamation officials are monitoring the leak and are hopeful repairs can be postponed until later in the year.
Last week, a break in an irrigation canal providing water for 11,000 acres in the eastern part of the county threatened crops...
