Riedner responds

[bill london <london@moscow.com>]

City Supervisior Gary Riedner sent this response to Priscilla Salant's questions
about the water crisis in Moscow.......BL

Gary Riedner wrote:

The well that has been down is Well #9, which is located at the west end of

> the Palouse Mall property, near the Bon Marche. The well produces
> approximately 40% of our municipal water supply.
>
> The pump motor was recently removed in a season of low consumption this
> spring and sent to Texas, where it was inspected and rehabilitated. The
> motor failed and has since been removed and returned for repairs. We expect
> that the well will be back in service towrd the end of August, if all goes
> as planned. Mark Cook, Public Works Director and the Moscow Water Department
> have been instrumental in keeping this crisis as minimal as possible.
>
> Mark informs me that consumption has been reduced from approximately 5
> million gals./day to approximately 3 million gals./day as a result of the
> conservation measures.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Priscilla Salant wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me where the pumping station with the broken pump is
> > located?  And is this the new pump that was installed most recently?
> >
> > I'd like to encourage the City to keep residents up to date about how well
> > we're doing with cutting consumption.  I suspect it's going to take a lot
> > of cajoling to break our bad habit of wasting water.  Knowing that we're
> > making an impact by turning off those sprinklers should help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Priscilla Salant