Design of New Water Well at Overlook Park

• Project value$230,000
• Project schedule2025 / 2026

Due to the loss of water supply from Pajarito Well No. 3, which was taken offline due to groundwater contamination, and the need to plan for projected increases in water use by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos County, preparation to permit and construct a new water supply well is necessary. Budgeted funds will cover the engineering and hydrologist services to design a new exploratory well and perform the analysis necessary to harvest the County’s San Juan Chama water right from a water supply well located at Overlook Park in White Rock. In 2012, the DPU commissioned an engineering study to evaluate the alternatives to develop the San Juan Chama water allocation of 1,200 acre-feet annually. This is a surface water right and must be drawn from the Rio Grande. The recommended alternative was to drill conventional water wells close to the Rio Grande to harvest the surface water from the river.

 

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