Doerun hopes for new pump next week

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June 23, 2011

Staff Reports The Moultrie Observer The Moultrie Observer Thu Jun 23, 2011, 11:14 PM EDT

DOERUN — City officials here hope to have a new pump installed next week, which would allow the lifting of an outdoor water use ban that has been in place for more than a week.

Rowe Drilling Co., a Tallahassee-based company called in when it was discovered that the water level had dropped significantly, has proposed a new submersible pump to replace the damaged turbine pump removed last week, said John Walters, the city’s public service technician.

“We understand people wanting to water, we understand it’s a bad situation, but we’re trying to keep water for people to drink and for human consumption,” he said. “We understand it’s an inconvenience.”

Water levels have been holding steady, Walters said.

Initially the city planned to have the damaged pump rebuilt, but the new pump would add at least 100 gallons per minute and perhaps as many as 200 gallons per minute to pumping capacity from the well. A temporary pump in place at the well, which produces about 70 to 90 gallons per minute, is in place about 40 feet deeper than the damaged pump had been.

The city’s second pump is at 260 feet and cannot be lowered. Officials have said it is only a few feet below the water level.

Drought and the heavy use of irrigation needed to keep cotton and peanuts growing are thought to be behind the rapid drop of water levels in the aquifer that also supplies drinking water for residences and municipalities.

Before the pump can be installed the city must determine whether the starter in place at the well is large enough, Walters said. If not it would have to be replaced also.

Once the damaged well is replaced the city expects to be able to lift the outdoor watering ban, Walters said. Even then, the state’s even-odd watering restrictions will be strictly enforced.

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