Water Leak update

Fairgrounds Road is open to traffic north and south.  There is a mound of dirt by the surgical center protecting the pipe that Price City Fire is pumping water to the system through.  Helper City Fire is also on duty pumping water into the system as of this morning about 10:00 a.m.  Wellington City will be starting to pump water into the system as well either late tonight or in the morning.  All of these efforts should relieve the water need to most residents.
 
Carbonville is a more difficult proposition.  We have a fresh water station available to anyone needing water located near 2397 North Carbonville Road.  It is a large blue tank with “Potable Water” signs.  It’s not pressurized but it’s good for filling water containers.  We will have a second location by tomorrow.  We truly can think of no way to get water between 1700 North and Consumer’s Road.  Again, we apologize.
 
At the site, we have received new trenching and shoring equipment.  It is being assembled immediately and put into service.  We have terraced the highway side of the trench and closed the right-most southbound lane on Highway 6 for safety concerns.  Also, we are working with EmeryTelcom to preserve their communications fiber optics.
 
Pictures to follow.












The Price River Water Improvement District and its customers have received a generous gift from Wal-Mart in the form of cases of bottled water which we will make available to those homes affected by the current water crisis.  The amount of water is limited and will become available to those affected households beginning Wednesday April 18 at 9:00.  Please be respectful and allow those households that are affected receive this benefit.
 
This in no way implies that the water is unsafe to drink.  We have been working with public health and representatives of the Utah Division of Drinking Water to sample and test the water to ensure public health and safety.
 
The latest report from the project is that the new trench boxes have arrived and the new excavation techniques seem to be successful (fingers crossed).  We expect to start cutting out the damaged section of line tonight.  We get another update in the morning.
 
Also, we started a third location pumping water into the system tonight.  Still not able to feed north Carbonville, Gordon Creek, Hill Subdivision, or those on Consumers Road.

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