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Council hears update on Well 89, treatment plant plans and recent water main break
Summary
Public works reported drilling progress at Well 89 and sand removal ahead of test pumping; council heard that the treatment-plant renderings and potential authorization to bid will be discussed June 2. A contractor-caused water-main break on Halsted temporarily disrupted service; contractor will be billed.
Public Works Superintendent Gary Peters told the Minnetrista City Council on May 19 that drilling at Well 89 has reached the Mount Simon formation, crews are completing sand removal and the city expects to begin test pumping and water sampling to determine treatment-plant filter media.
Peters said contractors requested an additional round of blasting to develop the aquifer and that the extra airlifting to remove sand will add cost and time. "The sand removal is taking place right now ... hoping to finish the sand…
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