ROBERTS — Some residents might want to wear ear plugs to bed tonight.
Roberts Village Board President Rick Flessner said workers are drilling a “test well” today on Locust Street and plan to “drill all night long.”
“It’s going to be noisy,” Flessner said.
Flessner expects there will be unhappy residents, but said the work must be done as soon as possible.
The 4-inch test well is being drilled to determine if the water flow is sufficient before drilling a new 10-inch main well next week. The existing main well is temporarily out of service, after large holes in the well casing were discovered. In the meantime, the village is using a backup well and asking residents to limit their water usage.
After the test well is drilled, the workers from Western Well & Pump Service will determine the flow rate and “the size of screen that they need at the bottom of the (main) well,” Flessner said. That will take four or five days, he said.
“Then, after they get an emergency permit from the EPA and if everything is sufficient and they get the pipe in and the screen, then they’ll drill the 10-inch well,” he said. That drilling, expected to take place next week, also is expected to last overnight at some point, Flessner said.
“We just ask that people be patient while we proceed with the well,” which should take about five days, Flessner said.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated matter, a boil order issued following two water-main breaks discovered Friday on North Locust Street was still in effect Wednesday.
The boil order advisory was issued for residents of the following streets: all of Adda Street; West Weldon Street, west of Locust Street; and Locust Street, from Adda Street to Green Street.
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