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West Bend presentation finds municipal wells, storage likely adequate through 2035 under high‑growth scenario
Summary
City staff and consultant Strand Associates presented a state-required water supply service area plan showing firm well capacity of 5,610 gallons per minute and projected 2035 maximum‑day demand just under 5,000 gpm, leaving an estimated reserve of about 643 gpm and roughly 2.27 million gallons of storage reserve under a high‑growth projection.
West Bend water utility staff and a consultant from Strand Associates presented a water supply service area plan to the Board of Public Works and the Common Council on Sept. 22, saying the city’s groundwater sources and storage should meet projected demand through 2035.
The plan, prepared in response to a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources requirement for public water systems that serve 10,000 or more customers and operate their own wells, inventories existing sources, provides population and demand projections, and identifies potential source alternatives, consultant Steve Klieser said. “The firm well capacity for the city of West Bend is 5,610 gallons per minute,” Klieser said. “The 2035 maximum day demand is looking to be just under 5,000 gallons per minute,” leaving an estimated reserve of about 643 gallons per minute under a high‑growth projection.
The nut of the plan is compliance and future planning. State administrative code provisions cited in the…
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