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
Solutions found for both tanks with support from SLIB emergency grant
Monday morning finds Pine Haven's main well quiet and still as it awaits the arrival of a new motor and pump to facilitate a restart before week's end.
Pine Haven's water woes have come to an end just as August settles in with temperatures hovering around 100° Fahrenheit.
The main water well was damaged, only pumping around 20 gallons a minute, which could not carry the town's residents beyond drinking water and would be entirely unable to support any fire suppression from the hydrants – a working pump of the same size installed pulls approximately 150 gallons per minute.
While not the primary, the backup well that had completely failed a couple weeks ago was the only option if the main failed completely. It had to be quickly recovered with t...
