The Grace Way Well Project involves drilling a new production well at 5299 Scotts Valley Drive. The Grace Way Well will be approximately 970 feet deep and will include a 14-inch stainless steel well casing. Water produced from this well site comes from the Butano and Lompico aquifers. Water will be conveyed from the well site to the El Pueblo Water Treatment Plant for filtration and disinfection before it’s pumped into the District’s distribution system.

The Grace Way Well will provide more than 500 gallons of water per minute. It is anticipated the well will be in service for 30 years or more, providing an important source of water for District customers for years to come.

Construction of the Grace Way Well should take 4 months to complete and will begin in late December. Here is the tentative schedule:

• Building demolition, estimated duration: 8-10 days. Demolition will begin on Monday, Dec. 23 (no work will occur on Dec. 24-25, 31 and Jan. 1).
• Construction mobilization, includes setting up soundwalls and staging of drilling equipment, estimated duration: 10days
• Drilling and reaming the pilot hole, estimated duration: 13 days*
• Well construction, estimated duration: 3 days*
• Well development, estimated duration: 4 days* with 3 days of overnight activity
• Test pumping, estimated duration: 33 days* with 1 day of overnight activity
• Demobilization and cleanup, estimated duration: 8 days

*Indicates periods of overnight activity will be required.

Overnight activity will be required during the drilling stage and construction stage. If the drilling pauses, such as at night, there is danger of the borehole caving. A cave-in would necessitate the well drilling process to start again from the beginning, which will cause significant delays.

Also, during the well development stage, overnight activity will be required during the initial mechanical development of the well (estimated to be 3 nights) and during the 24-hour constant pumping test (estimated to be 1 night).

Sound walls will be constructed around all four sides of the construction site. These soundwalls will help limit neighborhood noise and light from this project. While these soundwalls will mitigate project noise, there will still be residual noise. The District appreciates neighbors’ patience during the essential overnight work.

Also, large trucks will periodically be accessing the site. All site access will be from Scotts Valley Drive. Trucks will not be entering via Grace Way.

This critical infrastructure improvement is funded by a $9.45 million grant awarded to SVWD by the State of California.

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