Boise State to connect to city GT system

In Idaho, Boise State University, in a partnership with the City of Boise, is expanding a geothermal heating system throughout the campus. The process actually started 30 years ago when the system, a utility run by the city, was first built. It had always been intended to be connected to the university, but water levels began to drop, and expansions were put on hold. Now, an injection well returns the water used directly back into the system. Boise State and the city jointly applied for congressional appropriations for four years, but only recently received funding from Housing and Urban Development and the DOE. Phase one includes continuing pipelines across the Boise River toward campus to six buildings. The projected cost is $3.4 million.