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Rapid City approves application for $3.93 million loan to rebuild Well 4 on Sunnyvale Drive
Summary
The City Council authorized submitting a State Revolving Fund application to rebuild Well 4, approve repayment options and acknowledged the project is part of a three‑well package totaling about $19 million.
The Rapid City Council on Monday approved a resolution authorizing the city to apply for up to $3,932,000 in state loan funds to reconstruct and equip Well 4 on Sunnyvale Drive.
City officials said the work would reuse the existing well casing, replace a failing well house removed earlier this year and add off‑site water and sewer connections. The council approved the application after a presentation from Jennifer Seitzma, executive director of the Black Hills Council of Local Governments, and Brandon Quiet, the city operations engineer.
The project is intended to increase redundancy and resilience in Rapid City’s water system as population growth pushes maximum day demand toward the system’s current production capacity. Brandon Quiet told the council that testing shows the existing well casing can be reused — a cost-saving outcome because drilling a new municipal well was described as substantially more…
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