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Osage Beach staff recommend drilling new East‑Side well after leak‑loss study and loop delays
Summary
Water department leaders told the board that heavy summer demand is pushing existing wells to long runtimes and that the city should drill a new East‑Side well to reduce strain and improve system redundancy. Staff also described a planned Gulfview loop project and noted the wastewater contractor sequencing that may delay parts of the water loop.
The water superintendent told the Board of Aldermen that existing wells on the city’s East Side run long hours in summer and that drilling a new well could reduce pump runtime and provide redundancy.
Caleb (water staff) said existing East‑Side wells sometimes run 14–15 hours daily during peak demand and that a new well could reduce that to…
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