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Officials report progress rehabilitating wells; Brown & Caldwell to deliver wellfield master plan
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Global Tech completed rehabilitation on five wells and an emergency generator‑operated well; staff and Brown & Caldwell said a draft well‑field technical memorandum is expected in 45–60 days to guide investments, abandonments and optimization across the city's wells.
City consultants and contractors told the Riviera Beach Utility Special District on Tuesday that several wells have been returned to service and a wellfield master plan will guide next steps.
David Schumann, project manager with Global Tech, said crews completed work that returned five designated wells to service and finished an emergency generator‑powered well. Global Tech is currently acidizing well 871 to try to increase capacity and plans to perform a similar treatment on well 802.
"We did hand in a summary, but since then, we've actually finished 1 of the other wells," Schumann said, summarizing the recent work to bring more capacity online.
Director Joshua Neiman and Brown & Caldwell representative Nigel Grace told the board that staff will present a work authorization for Brown & Caldwell to produce a wellfield master plan. Neiman said he expects a draft technical memorandum (TM) in about 45–60 days, though the timeline could lengthen depending on conditions found at individual wells.
Staff reported that 24 of the existing 28 wells are currently operational; two surficial wells being developed as part of GMPs 2 and 3 would bring the total to 30 once online. The consultants cautioned that easement issues, access limitations and power‑line conflicts have complicated rehabilitation work at older well sites.
Brown & Caldwell described the first round of GMP review as focused on competitiveness, cost transparency and risk allocation; the firm will continue drilling and GMP work while producing the master plan that will identify which wells to invest in, optimize, or abandon.
The board asked staff to incorporate the master plans (wells and distribution) into FY25–FY27 planning and to prioritize funding sources for each phase. Staff said they will return with a schedule and cost comparisons.
