A very nice water storage plan for Roseville, great thinking!
Valley well storage unveiled
By: Ansel Oliver, The Press-Tribune
Friday, March 2, 2007 1:22 PM PST
The city is utilizing a "unique" water storage system for times of drought.
The ground.
Using the underground aquifer, the city has pumped 250 million gallons of treated water into the Diamond Creek well, located at Leonard "Duke" Davis Park. One of the city's four wells, the pump is housed in a nondescript building and reaches 500 feet underground.
"This is something we can use in times of shortage," said city water utility manager Ed Kriz. "Right now we have enough water supply to meet our needs as a community. But as we reach build-out, those are going to be more and more stretched as we continue to expand our service area."
In 2006, 100 percent of Roseville's water came from surface water. In the future during drought, city officials hope to reduce that by half. In addition to conservation, they also plan to use water stored in the aquifer and continue to utilize recycled water for landscaping.
"This is a water savings account," Roseville Mayor Jim Gray said during a pump switch-on ceremony Monday at Davis Park.
The city plans to have 12 wells capable of injecting 10,000 acre-feet of water per year. One acre-foot - roughly equivalent to a football field covered by one foot of water - is about 326,000 gallons….
… Each year, the average Roseville family uses 325,000 gallons of water, officials said.
