The City of Tomball is finally nearing completion of repairs to a water well that failed this summer after the council approved a $57,000 expenditure to the engineering company repairing the system.

At an October meeting, the council unanimously approved the expense, which is the first of two to fulfill a $142,000 cost for total repair of Pine St. #2 well.

The well experienced mechanical failure on July 28, forcing the city to enforce Stage II water restrictions. The Stage II plan called for mandatory water restrictions on City of Tomball water customers. At press time last week, those restrictions were still in place.

Layne Christensen, the engineering company the city has contracted with to provide maintenance and service to the water well system, evaluated the faulty well and determined that the well pump had experienced “severe damage,” according to city documents.

The well was then taken out of service to remove the damaged parts, which included the stem piping and mechanical pump, which sat approximately 580 feet below ground level, the city reported.

The city then put into use an interim well on Aug. 1 while Layne Christensen evaluated the stem piping and pump at their facility. The interim pump became active on Aug. 1.

By mid August, the city reported that all of the city’s wells, including the interim well, were pumping on automatic mode, “with no issues.” Shortly after, Layne Christensen submitted to the city an estimate of $142,913 for parts and to repair the well.

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