Well #4 Is Back in Service!

The Village of Elburn has drilled five wells throughout our history. Wells #1 and #2 are older historical wells that have both been sealed and capped. Our current active wells are Well #3 on North First Street, and Well #4 on East North Street. We are also working on a brand new well off of East Keslinger Road that will become our future Well #5.

For the past few weeks, due to a variety of problems and challenged by our extreme drought conditions, Well # 3 has been the only well servicing all of our water needs.

I am pleased to report that as of this afternoon Well #4 is back on station. This was accomplished utilizing a replacement pump and motor graciously loaned to our community by Layne Western. I received a call from Superintendent Art Sanchez today, and he told me the great news.

We will continue the work to complete the installation of Well #5. This may take a few more weeks yet. Once we can put Well #5 online as an additional backup to Well #3, our intention is to come back and complete the upgrade of Well #4 with a new higher capacity pump set at an even deeper level.

Many people have worked very hard to see us through our recent challenge. They deserve our heartfelt thanks. I would also like to thank our residents who have been exceptionally cooperative helping to confine their lawn sprinkling to three hour shifts in the morning and evening .

I have said many times that we need to start thinking of water as more a resource than a commodity. And, we need to do much more to use the water that we have wisely.

For the time being, even with the drought, the Village of Elburn is in good shape. However, managing growth and providing adequate water supplies to support that growth are parallel issues that are going to be with us for the foreseeable future.