The series: Transferring Wabash River aquifer water to Lebanon for its business park

Ron Wilkins, Lafayette Journal & Courier
Updated ·1 min read
Originating in Ohio, the roughly 500-mile-long Wabash River, which empties into the Ohio River near Mount Vernon, is Indiana's official state river.
Originating in Ohio, the roughly 500-mile-long Wabash River, which empties into the Ohio River near Mount Vernon, is Indiana's official state river.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The water in an aquifer below the Wabash River in southwestern Tippecanoe County is targeted to provide between 10 million and 100 million gallons of a day to a proposed Lebanon business park.

The plan is to tap into the aquifer and build a 40-mile pipeline to Lebanon. Indiana is 140 miles wide, so the pipeline will traverse about one-quarter of the state.

The Journal & Courier recently reported on this in a three-part series about the proposed LEAP plan, the Wabash River aquifer and Indiana's current laws about water use.

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This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: The series: Transferring Wabash River aquifer water to Lebanon