Agency Information
Mission Statement
Directory
Calendar
Commission Agendas & Minutes
Consultant Selection
Items Open for Public Comment
Newsletter
Operating Criteria
Project Application Information
Send Us Your Comments
Planning Program
Dam and Reservoir Planning
Groundwater Grant Projects
Instream Flow Filings
Current Planning Projects
River Basin Planning
Weather Modification Study
Probable Maximum Precipitation
Water Research Projects
Construction Program
Current Construction Projects
Small Water Projects
Agency Publications
Project Reports
Water/Climate Web Atlas
Irrigation & Water System Surveys
Legislative Reports
Water Mgmnt & Conservation Dir
History of Wyoming Water Law
WWDC Home Page
Water Plan Home Page
WRDS Home Page
|
1997 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects
34. | PROJECT: | Gillette Madison Well Field Expansion | | | | | |
| LEVEL: | III |
| SPONSOR: | City of Gillette |
| LOCATION: | Campbell County |
| PROGRAM: | New Development |
| |
| EXISTING LEGISLATION: |
|
Purpose |
Chapter |
Session |
Account |
Appropriation |
Due Date |
|
|
Level III-I |
206 |
1995 |
I |
$1,139,000* |
1999 |
|
|
Level III-II |
59 |
1996 |
I |
$519,250* |
1999 |
|
| *67% grant |
PROJECT INFORMATION:
The 1994 project activities included pump testing and logging of
existing wells, analysis of the operation and maintenance procedures for
both the in-town wells and the Madison well field, and a review of
overall system configuration. The Gillette Area Master Plan identified
the importance of improved management of the multi-source Gillette water
supply system in order to reduce operation and maintenance costs,
maximize production from existing sources, protect the long term yield
of the Fort Union formation, and insure uniformity of water quality
available to Gillette water users through blending of supply sources.
The 1994 study established a schedule for rehabilitating Gillette's
existing Fort Union well field, (included as a Level III recommendation
in the 1995 Rehabilitation Program) for developing maximum production
from the Madison well field, and eventually for a new Fort Union well
field.
This project addresses the expansion of the Madison well field. Two new
Madison wells have been designed and drilled and one Madison well was
fractured in 1996. In 1997, two new Madison wells will be converted to
production status and connected to the existing pipeline.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
No legislative action is required.
|