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Digging trench for waterline

B-roll package of a trencher digging out a trench for a water pipeline. Traven Day and Stephen Thornhill begin livestock pipeline installation at the C.G. Merlo Ranch in San Saba, Texas. The work begins with locating the existing water and utility lines, then making the first of multiple passes of t

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B-roll package of a trencher digging out a trench for a water pipeline.

Traven Day and Stephen Thornhill begin livestock pipeline installation at the C.G. Merlo Ranch in San Saba, Texas. The work begins with locating the existing water and utility lines, then making the first of multiple passes of the trencher to dig down to where the new water pipe will be buried.

The pipeline is cost shared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Natural Resources Conservation Practice 516 will allow rancher landowner military veteran Chuck Merlo and wife Valerie to connect to their water supply line and pipe rather than carry water to water troughs for their cattle in distant pastures.

Footage captured on June 13, 2022 by USDA/Lance Cheung

Digging trench for waterline

Attribution: Source: DVIDS Hub — U.S. Department of Defense public-affairs media

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