At its Aug. 28 meeting, the Clancy Water and Sewer District board got some positive news from its engineers – and some negative feedback from a Clancy resident.
Dan Baum from Great West Engineering told the board that pump testing for its first test well will begin Sep. 9. The well, located on the Marks’ property south of the Legal Tender in Clancy, will be tested to see if it can produce sufficient quantities of water to support a community water system. Monitors will be placed nearby to measure disturbances in aquifers and water tables.
Red Cliff subdivision HOA president Tammy Chennewith said the subdivision’s water operators would also be monitoring water table activity during the testing period.
Baum also announced that water samples from the well located on the Legal Tender property have been submitted for laboratory analysis. If the samples are of acceptable quality, the contractor, Excel Drilling, will begin testing the well’s pump capabilities, and measure the water table activity from the nearby Marks well. The sample analysis is expected to be ready for the board to review later this month.
When board president Lori Gilliland asked what happens next, Great West Engineering Project Manager Collette Anderson said, “If those water samples come back good, then it would be time to talk to them (Legal Tender owners) about access and water rights.”
The board also heard correspondence from a Clancy resident who was dismayed by the board’s decision to test on Mark’s property. In an email sent to several Clancy residents that The Monitor was allowed to see, former Clancy Water and Sewer District board president Dave Leiheiser expressed dissatisfaction with the board’s decisions for the test well locations.
“So much for listening to the community’s comments, transparency, and sticking to your word,” Leitheiser stated in his email.
“Three times the CWSD Board made a commitment to NOT use Marks’ property east of Main Street and three times they broke that commitment,” Leiheiser told the Monitor this week. “This does not do much for confidence in their other commitments or promises.”
Leitheiser was told by Great West Engineering’s Anderson that they would not be installing a transducer monitor in his well during testing. Anderson cited potential risks of tangling the transducer with discharge and electrical lines already present in the well.
The Clancy Water and Sewer Board will meet again Sep. 28 to review the pump test and water quality results.
