Cheney council approves water well rehab contract

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

Water, wastewater and streets led the list of items approved by Cheney's City Council at its April 10 meeting.

Up first was water.

The council approved a $34,600 appropriation to pay a $28,000 contract with a Bellevue, Wash., firm to rehabilitate city well No. 6.

The appropriation also provides for any extra contingencies that the company, Kleinfelder, Inc., may find once they begin analysis of the condition of the well's borehole, pump casing and shaft.

Well No. 6 is 710-feet deep, and pump tests taken in 1994 revealed it capable of providing 1,100 gallons per minute (...