To help you better understand how the VDE can provide our customers with potable water, and ensure its safety and long-term viability, here is a comprehensive slide show that explains how the system works.
Source Data:
TYPE GPM
WELL 1A/B/C: Gravel-pack 130
WELL 2: Gravel-pack 70
WELL 5: Bedrock 35
WELL 6: Gravel-pack 75
TOTAL GPM (dependable yield): 310
TOTAL GPD (dependable yield): 446,400
PEAK DEMAND GPD: 300,000
*WELL 7A/B/C: Gravel-pack 110gpm
*Glenwood wellsite: anticipated to be online by the end of 2026
The water from all the wells is blended together at the Pump Control Building.
The variable frequency drives set the pumping rates.
Monthly:
Quarterly:
Less Frequent, per sampling schedule:
Sampling results from our lab and 4 system sampling sites:
Parameter
WQ Criteria
0.3 mg/L
0.05 mg/L
>0.2 mg/L
Absent
Data Range
0.00 – 0.10 mg/L
0.003 – 0.03 mg/L
0.5 – 1.1 mg/L
Absent
The Snow Hill booster station re-pressurizes flow to pump water up toward Draper Mill Road.
The Link Lane station pumps water through the Anderson Pond Special Place off of the Hilltop tank.
Losses from 2020-2025:
Water main leaks: 72.4 million gallons
Service line leaks: 28.6 million gallons
It costs money to pump and treat every gallon of water, but we get zero revenue from water lost through leaks in the system.
