Kristi Heuser, stormwater consultant with Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network, discusses how the new regenerative stormwater conveyance network works to absorb stormwater to inevitably prevent pollutant chemicals from entering the Pike River. Shoreland Lutheran High School, a private school at 9026 12th St. in Somers, is the host site for the clean water project, which broke ground at the campus Wednesday.
Terry Flores
Shoreland High School President Paul Scriver speaks at the ground breaking ceremony.
Terry Flores
Tom Shermerhorn of Excel Engineering, left, Kristi Heuser, Root Pike WIN stormwater consultant, Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman, John Snyder from the Reeseman Co., Somers Village President George Stoner and Shoreland Lutheran High School President Paul Scriver shovel dirt during the ground breaking ceremony.
Terry Flores
What planners are calling the longest regenerative stormwater conveyance system in the U.S. will be located at Shoreland Lutheran High School, 9026 12th St. in Somers. The project is expected to be completed this fall.
Terry Flores
Somers Village Board President George Stoner speaks during the ground breaking ceremony.
SOMERS – A local high school will soon become a “clean water campus” with 24 restored acres to support what organizers are calling the longest regenerative stormwater conveyance system in the United States.
Kristi Heuser, stormwater consultant with Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network, discusses how the new regenerative stormwater conveyance network works to absorb stormwater to inevitably prevent pollutant chemicals from entering the Pike River. Shoreland Lutheran High School, a private school at 9026 12th St. in Somers, is the host site for the clean water project, which broke ground at the campus Wednesday.
Tom Shermerhorn of Excel Engineering, left, Kristi Heuser, Root Pike WIN stormwater consultant, Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman, John Snyder from the Reeseman Co., Somers Village President George Stoner and Shoreland Lutheran High School President Paul Scriver shovel dirt during the ground breaking ceremony.
What planners are calling the longest regenerative stormwater conveyance system in the U.S. will be located at Shoreland Lutheran High School, 9026 12th St. in Somers. The project is expected to be completed this fall.
