Water well update from the City of Guymon

The City of Guymon Water Crews are making progress in getting all water wells up and operating as efficiently as possible at this time but the crews are still working 24/7 shifts to keep water supplied to the citizens of Guymon.

The motor was replaced on Water Well #21 yesterday and when the motor was turned on, there was no unexpected vibration in the well, pump, or motor. This is well is operating at 590 GPM or 849,600 GDP.

The casing patch on Well #28 has been installed, the well has been chlorinated and water samples will be taken to DEQ in Dodge City tomorrow, June 19th. If the samples indicate no E.coli or Bacteria the well be placed in service tomorrow. The addition of Well #28 will enhance the City’s water production by approximately 500,000 GDP.

The graph below represents the amount of water the City has been producing and pumping out to citizens since this crisis started.

The blue in this graphic represents the amount of water the City of Guymon can produce in one day. The gold bars represent the actual amount of water pump on any given day, since June 5th. Yesterday, June 17th, the City of Guymon was capable of pumping 6,615,360 gal

lons of water and actually pumped 6,135,000. This is 93% of the City’s current capacity to pump. This means if the City of Guymon loses one well, the City will not be able to provide

the water citizens have been using. The addition of Well #28 is expected to raise the City’s pumping capacity to 7,100,000 GPD but even with this increase, I’m more than a little concerned. With the addition of Well #28, the City’s is still using 5,742,750 GPD which

is 81% of the City’s capacity. Ideally, the City would like for this number to be approximately 75% of pumping capacity.

With this in mind, the City of Guymon is requesting the Citizens to not use water unnecessarily. Don’t water your lawn if you don’t

have to, or at least adhere to the odd/even mandate which was put into place on June 16th. Don’t let the water run down the curb of the street and don’t wash your vehicles in your driveways.