The well head will be upgraded this summer. We have called for bids to install a variable speed drive unit that will give us full control of the well and will utilize a telemetry system to call for the well to be off, or on, depending on the rate of water flow needed. For example, will turn on the well to supplement a firefighting event or to meet peak water flows, on hot, muggy afternoons when everyone on the system is trying to save thier lawn. The auxillary well would be off unless one of these conditions would exist. If the District puts a reservoir in the upper part of the system, any wasted water that is now being bled, to maintain maximum pressure, to area creeks, would be eliminated. This upgrade also has the potential to add 60 to 80 new hookups to the system. The District has also retained Weston Engineering to perform an independent well-head delineation / protection study to evaluate potential contamination and interference issues with our well.
The storage tank project is on hold pending a funding proposal that is now before the District voters, to approve or disapprove, with a motion to finance the remaining 30% required matching funds. The District has already been granted over $900,000 toward the tank project from the Wyoming Water Development Comission.
A booster pump station will be installed at the mouth of Strawberry to provide water to areas that are too high to be served by the tank. The pressure valve that is at this location, which restricts flow down stream at this point, will be opened up to provide additional water in the system.
The Million gallon stroage tank is projected to be installed this summer. dependent on funding. It will be on a site that has been approved by the Forest Service in the canyon above the power plant. We are hoping to get a metal tank. Bids will be let out soon, dependant on funding.
The projects are are estimated to cost $1.4 millon when completed. We have grants for 67% of the cost.
