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The first customer deliveries will begin in a week, officials say.

The expansion is part of the second phase of the upgrades and improvements to the facility.

JUNE 21, 2023: The water has been flowing since December and this evening (June 21, 2023), the public has the ...

JUNE 14, 2023: The water has been flowing since December, but a ribbon cutting ceremony and public tours were ...

JUNE 13, 2023: The City of Pierre is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by tours today (June 13, 2023)...

JUNE 8, 2023: The City of Pierre is hosting two separate public events this month at its new Drinking Water Tr...

UPDATE DECEMBER 6, 2022: The City of Pierre started pumping water from its new Water Treatment Plant today (De...

DECEMBER 7, 2022: The City of Pierre started pumping water from its new Water Treatment Plant yesterday (Dec. ...

UPDATE JANUARY 13, 2022: So far, the building of Pierre's new drinking water treatment plant hasn't been slowe...

DIRTT walls are constructed of aluminum, medium density fiber board and/or glass. "What we are from our scope, were wall framing. Instead of steel studs, its aircraft-grade aluminum frames," Klein said. "From there we have pre-done power. Instead of an electrician coming on site to put in every individual box, bending pipe and pulling wire, that can be done in the factory." DIRTT walls can also come equipped with copper and fiber for data. "There was a lot of education to get them to understand...