![]() ![]() The concrete company plans to close the quarry next year. A study by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, for example, estimated demand will increase by 50 million gallons per day in Central Indiana by 2050.Ĭitizens bought the quarry from Indiana Material Inc., two years ago. The reservoir is necessary to keep up with increasing water use over the next several decades. ![]() “It will be fenced off and secured,” Considine said. ► Related: Fishers goes to court to seize land for Geist beach and parkīecause of the depth, no swimming, boating or fishing will be allowed on the new reservoir, unlike Geist, which is a recreational haven for boaters. ► More: Hot Property: Fishers home offers a waterfront retreat for $1.35M The average depth of Geist is 10 to 12 feet, but the quarry at 113th Street and Olio Road is as deep as the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Monument Circle in Indianapolis is tall. The reservoir will be 88 acres compared to 1,800 acres for Geist, but "it is so deep it can hold a lot of water,” said Citizen’s spokesman Dan Considine. The pump houses will be able to send 110 million gallons of water from the reservoirs, White River and Fall Creek to the Central Canal, which feeds Citizen's main plant at 16th Street and turns river water into drinking water. The 250-foot- deep reservoir being built at a limestone quarry next to Geist Reservoir will have a capacity to hold 3.5 billion gallons of water, half of what Geist holds. Watch Video: Fishers: What you need to know, in 35 secondsĬitizens Energy will build two pumping stations in Indianapolis to help handle millions of gallons of water a day from a new reservoir to be built in Hamilton County. ![]()
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