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Queen Creek officials brief council on water capacity, hydrant maintenance and wildfire readiness
Summary
Utilities and fire officials told the council Queen Creek’s water system has substantial production and storage capacity and that the town’s fire department and water staff coordinate hydrant maintenance, backup power and mutual aid to address wildland and structural fire risks.
Mark Skacepek, the town’s water resources director, and Fire Chief Vance Grama presented separate but connected briefings to the Town Council on Jan. 14 about the condition and redundancy of Queen Creek’s water system and local wildfire response plans.
Skacepek said the town can currently produce about 56,000,000 gallons of water per day from 30 wells and has nine additional wells planned that would add roughly 9,000,000 gallons per day of capacity. "We can produce about 56,000,000 gallons of water a day out of 30 wells. We have 9 more planned for another 9,000,000 gallons," he said. He also said that if the system were fully opened it could flow roughly 83,000,000 gallons per day and that the town’s worst‑day peak demand is about 52,000,000 gallons per day.
Skacepek described system redundancy: looped distribution with multiple…
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