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Engineers: Columbia Falls’ water system mostly adequate now but needs extra well, storage and transmission upgrades
Summary
Consulting engineers told residents Columbia Falls has generally good pressures and meets minimum storage but is slightly short of source capacity for maximum‑day demand and has localized fire‑flow and head‑loss problems; an additional well, redundant storage and transmission upgrades are recommended.
Consulting engineers told an open house audience that Columbia Falls’ water system generally provides adequate pressure and service today but is approaching limits in several areas and will need targeted investments to meet future growth.
Stephanie Reynolds, a senior project engineer on the consulting team, presented a preliminary engineering report update that used seven years of meter, GIS and well‑production data. "Average daily demand is about 1,400,000 gallons," she said, adding that maximum‑day demand is roughly 3,490,000 gallons and the modelled peak‑hour scenario is the equivalent of about 6,980,000 gallons per day. She said residential demand makes up more than half of use and irrigation about 12%.
The hydraulic model shows generally good pressures across the distribution…
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