Groundbreaking for Back Up Well
Date Posted: Thursday, February 6th, 2014
PRESS RELEASE
February 3, 2014
Groundbreaking Ceremony
From: Vikki Prettyman
Town Administrator
302-629-7366
302-629-0199 Fax
vikkiprettyman@bladesde.com
Groundbreaking Ceremony 2pm on Thursday February 6th, 2014 at Triangle Park, River Road and Sixth Street, Blades, Delaware
Please join the Town in breaking ground for the back-up well project. Light refreshments at Town Hall afterwards.
Project Scope:
Work includes the construction of a new 8” Production Well with a minimum capacity of 150 gallons per minute, water quality testing, pump testing, well development, abandonment of an existing monitoring well, pump installation, raw water-main piping including jack-and-bore at River Road, water meter, controls, electrical, site restoration, etc.
Project Description:
The Town will install a new groundwater well and ancillaries along with a new raw waterline to meet Ten State Standards for sufficient raw water sources. A new groundwater well will be installed in the same aquifer as the current Town wells to provide a backup source of water. The same aquifer, with similar water characteristics, has been chosen rather than a separate aquifer due to the current treatment capabilities of the Town’s water treatment plant. The existing wells are located within 95 feet of one another and operate on average greater than 12 hours per day. Being shallow wells, near one another, and operating as much as they do including simultaneously during peak days, influence on one another is likely and suspected. In addition, should one of the existing wells be out of service for any reason, the other well will not be capable of meeting the anticipated maximum day demand. By installation of a third/backup well at a Town owned piece of property, the Town will be able to operate all three wells in a fashion as to reduce any influence on the existing wells and provide sufficient water to the Town even during peak day demands.
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