Cities of Auburn and Peru Work Together to Finalize Waterline, Provide Peru Sustainable Water
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 5:00am
In March of 2019, flooding from the Missouri River destroying Peru’s water treatment plant and compromising the City of Peru’s drinking water. As a result, 960,000 gallons of water had to be trucked into Peru and pumped up to the water tower. A temporary water treatment plant was installed in Peru to provide water, but it was not a sustainable source. In December of 2020, an agreement was struck to build a waterline that would provide the City of Peru with water from Auburn’s treatment plant.
