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Friday, July 13, 2012

Franciscan St. Francis Health using wells, retention ponds for watering


As most are aware, the City of Indianapolis has imposed a ban on lawn-watering by Citizens Water residential customers. The public may notice that Franciscan St. Francis Health-Indianapolis at 8111 S, Emerson Ave. will continue to use sprinklers for grass and landscaping. However, we are not using commercial water.

The hospital has an irrigation system on the Indianapolis Campus, designed to pull water from one of our retention ponds instead of tapping into Citizens Water supplies. The water that is depleted from the retention pond is then replenished from an underground well on our property.

Similarly, the St. Francis Soccer Club Field located nearby on South Arlington Avenue has its own well system.