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Scappoose authorizes up to $1.7M contract to complete well project after drilling setbacks
Summary
Following contractor difficulties and complex geology, the council authorized City Manager Ben Bergener to contract with Carpenter Drilling LLC for completion of an alluvial well and a new basalt well, with a not-to-exceed limit of $1,700,000 and direction to pursue grants and other funding where possible.
The Scappoose City Council authorized City Manager Ben Bergener to contract with Carpenter Drilling LLC for completion of a water-well project, including an alluvial well and a new basalt well, with a not-to-exceed authorization of $1,700,000.
Public works staff and consultants said the project, begun as an exploratory basalt well, encountered deep basalt and unexpected thick silty‑clay layers that repeatedly caused the borehole to cave and hampered casing installation. Robin Cook, a hydrogeologist with GSI Water Solutions, said the team reached the top of the salt layer at roughly 810 feet and then…
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