Del Norte System Improvements Applic

• Project Type: Ag/Muni Grant
• Applicant: Town of Del Norte
• Project Name: First Phase Water Improvements Project
• Title: Grant Application
• Date: 11/27/1996
• County: Rio Grande
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Application

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have a decreed capacity of900 g.p.m., therefore improvement to well pumps could result in an
additional ISO g.p.m. from each well.

The following two steps are required to increase well pumping capacities; 1) Test pump the
wells to determine if they can produce more water and if they can, what are the pumping
requirements. 2) If well can safely produce more water, the existing pumps may be adjusted to
pump more water or it will be necessary to purchase and install new pumping equipment. The
following cost estimates are divided into the previously described two steps. The second step
may not be required if existing pumping equipment can be adjusted to increase pumping
capacities.

Table 6
Cost Estimate for Well Test Pumping and Pump Improvements

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Item Unit I Quantity I Unit Price Total Price
Step 1
Test pump well 1.s. I 21 3,000.00 6,000
Step 2
Replace Pump 1.s. I 21 15,000.00 30,000
Estimated Total Construction Cost $36,000
Estimated Engineering Fees @ 10% 3,600
Contingency @ 20% 7,200
Estimated Project Cost $46,800

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Construction of New Facilities

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Due to the Town's unfavorable experience in operating their surface water treatment plant and
the good probability of finding an adequate aquifer, drilling an additional well, constructing a
pumping facility and connecting it to the distribution system appears to be the best alternative for
increasing water supply volume. Past experiences have indicated that it is difficult to obtain a
well with adequate pumping capacity and good water quality in the immediate vicinity of Del
Norte, so location of such a well must be carefully considered. The most recent information
indicates that it is likely that an adequate well can be obtained west or southeast of Town. Ifthis
alternative is pursued, it would be necessary to drill a test well at the site selected for the
producing well and pumping facility. It appears likely that there would not be a great deal of
difficulty in obtaining a well permit providing it was obtained as an alternate point of diversion
for the existing wells, however, there is a possibility of some difficulty in this regard. The least
conflict in obtaining an alternate point of diversion well permit would be on the west side of
Town. It would also be necessary to purchase land for a well site and construct an additional
transmission pipeline to transport the water to the Town. Since a potential well site has not been
selected, cost estimates must be considered very preliminary.

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