City of Madison - File #: 72125

• File #: 72125
• Version: 1
• Name: Amending the 2022 Water Utility Capital Budget to transfer $50,000 of existing budget authority from the Unit Well 8 Sentinel Well project to the Unit Well 14 Mitigation project (Alder District 19)
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2022
• In control: Water Utility
• On agenda: 7/19/2022
• Final action: 7/19/2022
• Enactment date: 7/22/2022
• Enactment #: RES-22-00516
• Title: Amending the 2022 Water Utility Capital Budget to transfer $50,000 of existing budget authority from the Unit Well 8 Sentinel Well project to the Unit Well 14 Mitigation project (Alder District 19).
• Sponsors: Keith Furman

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/19/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Substitute - 15 Votes Required	Pass
7/11/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT (15 VOTES REQUIRED) - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
6/28/2022	1	WATER UTILITY BOARD	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Common Council to Adopt	Pass
6/21/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	Referred
6/21/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
6/14/2022	1	Water Utility	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the 2022 Water Utility Capital Budget to transfer $50,000 from Account Number UW 8 Sentinel Well (12440-86-140) to UW 14 Mitigation (11900-86-140) for engineering services necessary to conduct a groundwater/borehole characterization study at Unit Well 14. Project costs will be funded through the existing Utility Construction Fund balance and/or Utility cash reserves. No increase in Utility debt obligations or new borrowing will be required for these projects.
The 2022 Water Utility adopted Capital Budget will be amended to reflect the following:
1) ($50,000) from 12440-86-140 - Unit Well 8 Sentinel Well
2) $50,000 to 11900-86-140 - Unit Well 14 Mitigation

Title
Amending the 2022 Water Utility Capital Budget to transfer $50,000 of existing budget authority from the Unit Well 8 Sentinel Well project to the Unit Well 14 Mitigation project (Alder District 19).

Body
WHEREAS, Madison Water Utility completed the initial phase of the water quality/borehole characterization study at Unit Well 14 which determined that the well draws the majority of its water from the shallower, upper aquifer compared to the deeper, lower aquifer, resulting in elevated sodium and chloride levels; and

WHEREAS, in April 2022 the Utility, working with SCS Engineers, under non-pumping conditions, completed additional water sampling within the borehole at depths representing the deeper, lower aquifer, which upon testing, demonstrated that the lower aquifer water had lower concentrations of sodium and chloride; and

WHEREAS, these initial studies suggest that it may be possible to restrict the sodium and chloride rich waters from entering the borehole by extending the well’s casing deeper to effectively seal off the borehole from the upper aquifer; and

WHEREAS, the Utility wishes to continue this investigation by sampling the well at lower aquifer depths again but under “pumping” conditions, which will require removal of the well pump which will...