Engineer: replacement VFD shipped for Well No. 9; arrival expected immediately

Mar 10, 2026

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic engineer James Kinney told council the new variable frequency drive (VFD) for Well No. 9 has been shipped to replace a unit producing persistent errors; he said the flow meter fix may require an analog card and the VFD shipment timing was recently updated to arrival the next day.

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James Kinney, an engineer with Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, told Richland Borough Council that the Well No. 9 site has experienced antenna and flow‑meter issues and that the variable frequency drive (VFD) on the pump had thrown an error repeatedly. “A new VFD has been shipped and should arrive in a week or two,” Kinney said during the engineer’s report, later updating the expected delivery to the following day.

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