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RE: Dry Well??
The well is 1 MILLION feet deep.. and we are pumping liquid, hot MAGMA...
muhahahahah
... couldn't resist..
Clint "Tex" Payton
email: tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Stephanie Kalasz wrote:
> Oops! Sorry, I got an extra zero in there. It should have been 1305 - but
> actually I just got a more accurate figure of 1242 feet. I apologize for
> any mix up - I should have noticed.
>
> Stephanie Kalasz
> Administrative Secretary/Deputy City Clerk
> City of Moscow, Idaho
> (208) 883-7080
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lamar [mailto:lamar@pcei.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:07 PM
> To: Stephanie Kalasz
> Subject: Re: Dry Well??
>
> Stephanie,
>
> Is Well #9 13,005 feet deep? That's more than two miles down.
>
> Tom
>
>
> >Well #9 is 13,005 feet deep and the pump is set at 450 feet - static water
> >over the pump is at 314 feet. When the pump is at pumping level we are at
> >345. So, there is over 100 feet of water over the pump at all times. The
> >well is cased and it is virtually impossible for mud and rocks to get in
> the
> >pump. This information is per the Moscow Water Department. The motor
> >failed due to something in the motor - possibly a bearing problem.
> >
> >Stephanie Kalasz
> >Administrative Secretary/Deputy City Clerk
> >City of Moscow, Idaho
> >(208) 883-7080
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Danahy [mailto:JDANAHY@turbonet.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 8:02 AM
> >To: Vision2020
> >Subject: Dry Well??
> >
> >There has been a persistent rumor circulating that the reason the pump
> broke
> >down was it was full of mud and rocks. This was apparently caused by the
> >well running "dry". Is there someone who could comment on this?
> >
> >John Danahy
> >jdanahy@turbonet.com
>
>
> Thomas C. Lamar, Executive Director
>
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