[HollyMutual-Announce] Well problems

[Mark Derbyshire]

All,

While we await the replacement parts for the Whitehall well, we 
expected to limp along with only the Piedmont well. As many of you 
observed, there has been little or no water since. Over the past few 
days I have called CWW to look at Piedmont, but each time they 
investigated, they pronounced Piedmont working.

Finally today I asked CWW to turn on the water distribution when they 
were at Piedmont and to call me so I could test with my irrigation 
system. Piedmont was in fact distributing water, but at a minimal water 
pressure. However the pressure gauge at the well read normal pressure. 
CWW toured the neighborhood and found no obvious leaks, so they went 
back to troubleshoot the well. It turned out that the water pressure 
sensor, used by the distribution controller to regulate the pumping 
rate, was reading much higher than the actual pressure, causing the 
pump to lower its rate to a miniscule amount.

This sensor will need to be replaced, but CWW believes this will likely 
be available in town and is a minor matter to fix. I hope to have 
better news tomorrow once I can confirm this and the schedule for 
fixing the Whitehall well.

Cheers,
Mark Derbyshire