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Committee recommends legislation to transfer Sheep Mountain No. 2 well to Town of Douglas after testing shows poor potable suitability
Summary
After drilling and pump testing, staff recommended the Town of Douglas purchase the Sheep Mountain No. 2 test well for direct drilling costs and use it as an aquifer monitoring point rather than a municipal source. The committee approved the transfer recommendation and asked staff to prepare enabling omnibus language.
The committee reviewed results from the Sheep Mountain No. 2 drilling and pump test carried out under a level‑2 study and voted to recommend legislative language enabling transfer of that test well to the Town of Douglas for the direct drilling costs.
What staff found: the completed borehole is roughly 1,350 feet deep with an open hole interval from about 455 feet to total depth. Pump testing and water‑quality analysis showed lower than anticipated sustainable yields (staff estimated a long‑term usable rate near 200 gallons per minute when protective pumping depths are considered) and elevated radiological constituents…
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