Scotts Valley Water District to Drill New Well
The Scotts Valley Water District (SVWD) will begin construction of a new production well at 5299 Scotts Valley Drive this winter. The work begins by removing a former commercial building at the project site before the start of well drilling. Crews will install a temporary sound wall to reduce construction noise in the nearby neighborhood. In a statement, the District said that the 24-hour drilling phase for the new well will take approximately four weeks to complete. The overall construction period for the well will be approximately four months. No official start date was announced.
The District said, “The new 970-foot Grace Way Well has a design capacity of 500+ gallons per minute and will enhance operational efficiencies for the District, which relies solely on local groundwater. Water produced from this well site comes from the Butano and Lompico aquifers. Water from the new well will be conveyed to the El Pueblo Water Treatment Plant for filtration and disinfection before it is pumped into the District’s distribution system.”
The State of California has awarded a $9.45 million grant to the SVWD for the project. The Grace Way Well will be the sixth water production well operated by SVWD, including the new 1,500-foot-deep Sucinto Well that was completed this year and will go online in early 2025.
A community open house to discuss this project is scheduled for Wednesday, January 15, from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Santa Margarita Community Room at the Scotts Valley Water District, 2 Civic Center Drive in Scotts Valley. Project updates will be shared on the District website, as well as Facebook, Instagram and Nextdoor.
Feature image contributed: svwd.org
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