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Lock Haven council authorizes emergency connection to two tested wells, seeks PennVEST funding
Summary
Lock Haven officials voted unanimously to authorize an emergency supplemental water connection using two tested wells and approved sending a "letter of no prejudice" to PennVEST to seek funding for permanent work; engineers said wells could supply about 1.5 million gallons per day and be online in roughly 4'''to 8 weeks with emergency approvals.
Lock Haven city officials and partnering water authorities voted to authorize an emergency supplemental connection that would bring water from two nearby test wells into the municipal system and to submit a "letter of no prejudice" to PennVEST seeking supplemental loan funding for permanent work.
Engineers told the council that the two wells'Matt's Well No. 2 and Quaker Hill'pumped about 500 gallons per minute each during 72-hour tests and produced water of a quality that may require only chlorination before distribution. "These wells are capable of about a million and a half, a day," an engineer said, and turning them on would "cut your demand on Keller Reservoir in half," lengthening the reservoir's usable days while recovery depends on rainfall.
The discussion followed presentations from Mark Glenn (introduced himself at SEG 079) and a consulting engineer who described routing, installation and operational needs. Their plan calls for tying the two wells together, running HDPE pipe…
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