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Cedar City staff outline limited backup capacity for wells, warn of summer shortfalls
Summary
City staff told the council that Cedar City has one reliably serviceable diesel "knuckle" motor and one stationary backup generator on order; summer demand and pipeline constraints could force irrigation restrictions during outages.
Cedar City public works staff told the City Council on Jan. 22 that the city's redundancy for groundwater production is limited and that a major outage in summer could require temporary restrictions on irrigation.
Ryan Marshall, public works director, summarized the system and backups: “Right now we have…well number 5…an extra motor down there that has a right hand knuckle on it…that runs off diesel,” and said the city has a similar diesel backup on well No. 6 but that unit needs rehabilitation. Marshall said a stationary backup generator ordered for well No. 8 has a two-year lead time and will cost…
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