GOLDEN VALLEY – Good news for many Golden Valley, Arizona residents. Mohave County staff has found a compatible submersible motor, through an exhaustive statewide search, that is available for installation. The contractor will be ready to mobilize on Friday morning and will be working through the weekend. It’s expected that the installation will be completed and the well should be back online early next week.
Approximately 500 homes in Golden Valley have remained without water for several days.. The Golden Valley Improvement District water system’s booster station was shut down on Sunday, May 9 due to the failure of its supply well. This led to a loss of pressure in a portion of the distribution system. The initial problem is the well failed. Water started to be lost in the storage tank. Emergency interconnect was implemented. The water in the tank got below 10 feet and the booster pumps had to be shut off so as not to damage the pumps. The motor must be replaced.
Meanwhile, to keep the system running, the County has hired a company with two 6,000 gallon water trucks and a 2,300 gallon truck. Another 3,100 gallon truck has just arrived from Las Vegas. They will haul water on a continuing basis to the site.
The county has bottled water available for pickup by the residents affected at the Golden Valley Fire Training Center at 623 South Colorado Road in Golden Valley daily from 7am-7pm. It is available on a limited basis.
Also, there was a loss of pressure in a portion of the distribution system. The pressure loss may cause backpressure, (backsiphonage,) or a net movement of water from outside the pipe to the inside through cracks, breaks, or joints in the distribution system that are common in all water systems. Such a system failure carries with it a high potential that fecal contamination or other disease-causing organisms could enter the distribution system. These conditions may pose an imminent and substantial health endangerment to persons served by the system. Please, boil that water for three minutes before using. Do not drink it without boiling first.
Golden Valley residents who are affected by this problem, will be informed when there is no longer a need to boil the water. For more information, please contact the Golden Valley Improvement District at (928)757-0914
