Elburn's Newest Well Is Now Online

Last week, Elburn's Well #5 was placed online. This high capacity well becomes our third of three operational wells. It is brand new and located directly underneath the Blackberry Creek water tower. We are currently in the process of balancing the water levels in Elburn's three water towers. We are also adjusting our two pressure reducing stations to compensate for adding an additional well to the system.

Our three water towers hold over 1.3 million gallons of water "in the air." This creates a constant water pressure for our village and provides us with important water capacity reserves to fight fires.

Our two pressure reducing stations, located underground just south of the railroad tracks at both Main Street and Third Street, divide our town into two separate pressure zones. One pressure zone is located north of the Union Pacific tracks, and the other is located to the south. Each zone can feed the other in an emergency, but without using these reducing stations the static water pressure in the Blackberry Creek subdivision would be extremely high.

We "flatlanders" often think of our little town as being pretty level, and yet there is an 80 foot drop in elevation from Route 38 to Keslinger Road. The lower the elevation of the land, the higher the associated water pressure. Thus, the two pressure zone approach provides for a more even water pressure across our entire village.

Soon we will be working on Well #4. This is the municipal deep well located near Village Hall. We intend to install a new pump and motor in this well, which should increase its capacity, too.

Our trace radium removal project is also moving towards completion rapidly, and our hopes are high that this critical project will be completed by the end of this year.