We are almost there!!! Here is post from the new Water Operators Washington Water Service Company

Staff from Washington Water Service Company  were at Cristalina water system  today at Maria Lindberg’s request and completed a water system inspection, sampled and chlorinated. I have listed below what was found for pumping equipment and sample locations. If all samples return satisfactory, we will return tomorrow (10/16/13) to verify chlorine residual if any in the distribution system and pull five follow up samples from the system and if all are coliform absent, return and pull the second set of five samples in hopes of releasing the boil water order.

 

·        SO #1 DOE Tag AAB127, Located inside pump house (with felt pen written on cover, well pump starter listed this as SO2), 2 Hp Gould pump 20P4G02H installed 2009. Tested well pump into bucket at 30 GPM and with meter at 26 GPM onto ground and into reservoir.
·        SO#2 DOE tag AAB179, Located in meter box in field (with felt pen written on cover, well pump starter listed this as SO1) 3HP Gould pump 20P4H02H installed in 2009. Tested well pump into bucket at 30 GPM. Meter does not work properly on this well.
·        After flushing pulled bac-t sample from reservoir fill line in pump house.
·        Pulled bac-t sample from well AAB127 from newly installed sample bib on well head
·        After flushing pulled bac-t sample from well AAB 179 from new installed sample bib inside pump house. With other well pump turned off and reservoir valve closed
·        Pulled bac-t at 26927 314^th Ave SE from outside hose bib on home.  (had long service line run with yard hydrant half way to home)
·        Pulled bac-t at 27129 312^th Ave. SE from outside hose bib on home. (Home located on the corner of 312^th Ave & Kent-Kangley Rd. may be on end of dead-end main)
·        Pulled bac-t sample from reservoir drain through newly installed sample bib.
·        Three booster pumps Gould’s 2HP HS020
·        Tested auto start generator, which started upon loss of commercial power and appeared adequate in running both well pumps and on booster pump while cycling.
·        Added six ounces of chlorine to the reservoir which provided a .43 mg/L residual
·        Installed 8 GPD chlorine pump on 30 gallon tub and set to below settings

 

·       Hypochlorite Mixture                          1.08 gallons of 12.5% hypochlorite per 30-gallon solution tub
·       Stingray Chem Pump Settings           3.5 on a scale of 1-7
·       Solution Tub Chlorine Strength           0.45%
·       Target Dose                                        0.40 mg/l  (No chlorine demand from Fe, Mn, H₂S or ammonia account for)
·       Flow Rate at Injection Point                40 gpm
·       During time of temporary chlorination, pumps have been wired to both start on a first call basis to maintain a constant flow thus stabilizing the chlorine residual.

 

 

If some needed maintenance and some improvements are completed and  source and storage samples return satisfactory; I see no reason why satisfactory water quality should be able to be maintained without continuous chlorination.