The Piedad springs are now rivaling Lily Lake as the town’s main public drinking water source.
Townsite residents used more water from the Piedad aquifer the past two years than they have any other time on record, according to Haines Borough Water and Sewer Department supervisor Dennis Durr.
About 45% of the borough’s public water supply came from Piedad in 2021 and 2022, up from 25% in 2017 through 2020, Durr said.
Since December 2019,…