The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
One well pump fails completely, second pump also experiences issues
The council discusses the water emergency on Tuesday morning.
Pine Haven Public Works has been dealing with a complete failure of one of the town's two water well pumps and a drastic drop in the operation of the second.
Department director Sean Glass was not able to revive the first pump and the latter, which is supposed to draw more than 100 gallons per minute, was pumping only 20 as of Tuesday morning.
Mayor Karla Brandenburg said that if they could get one of these motors to work as they were intended, "We'll be ok."
A Code Red had been sent out to residents asking them to mitigate any use of water beyond consumption (no watering gardens or lawns, etc...
