[June 09, 2019]      

Pictures by Mark Gordon

Illinois American Water employee Evan Applegate measures trench depth while co-worker Kyle Strait operates the backhoe.

 

Illinois American Water employee Kyle Strait adjusts the grade of the trench before installing field tile.

 

Workers from Illinois American Water trench farmland at Lincoln College’s Creekside Outdoor Center for Environmental Education as water testing stations are installed.

 

Illinois American Water employee Evan Applegate trenches farmland, while fellow employee Kyle Strait monitors the depth of the trench as the pair installs drainage tile for a new water testing system on farmland at Lincoln College’s Creekside Outdoor Center for Environmental Education.

 

Creekside volunteer Phil Vondebur and Illinois American Water employee Kyle Strait cut drainage tile while Lincoln College’s Creekside Director Dr. Dennis Campbell wait to connect the tubing.