The City is engaged in building (i.e. – “digging”) Well #15. The site for the well is on Technology Drive on property donated to the City by Eaton Corporation. It is just north of our complex here at City Center; just west of Mitchell Road.
Here’s what the site looked like in January:
And here’s what it looked like last week:
I took both of these photos at 9:00 a.m. on their respective dates in January and June. Look at the sky. What a difference six months makes in Minnesota!
Keyes Well Drilling company is drilling Well #15. The well starts off at the top with a 36 inch diameter casing. The casing pipe keeps the hole round and structurally solid down to about 60 feet. At a depth of 60 feet the casing size is reduced to 30 inches and continues to reduce down to a diameter of 16 inches at a depth of 400 feet deep.
At 400 feet deep, the contractor will use dynamite to create an underground cavern. This cavern will serve as a collection point for water to flow into. When the cavern has a sufficient amount of water in it, the water will be pumped to the surface for treatment at our Water Treatment Plant and then pumped into our municipal water system.
We need this well in order to support the demand for potable water here in Eden Prairie. We think that we’ll need two more wells after this one. We are hoping to bring Well #15 into production early this fall.
