Agag wells have good yield, says task force
Optimization operations at the Agag well field have shown that the area has a huge amount of good water that can be added to the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.’s waterline transmission and distribution system, according to the Water Task Force.
The task force is currently working on six wells in Agag, of which five have been drilled. The sixth is still being drilled.
Lt. Gov. Diego T. Benavente, who heads the task force, said they plan to drill three more new wells in the Agag area.
“Potentially, the capacity of each well could be high and of good quality,” he said.
Samples have been sent to Montgomery-Watson Laboratories in the U.S. mainland for testing.
According to the task force, the six wells can altogether produce in excess of 1 million gallons of water a day.
The task force said they plan to start putting some of the wells into CUC’s system by early June, with an option to transmit them to the Papago reservoir or Capitol Hill reservoir.
Well drilling operations in Agag started in February this year.
The wells being drilled and constructed in Agag will replace six old wells in the area that were drilled between the late 1960s and early 1970s during the Trust Territory government.
The task force decided to replace them with new ones because the aging wells have significantly decreased in yield over the years.
There also are several ongoing exploratory well drilling operations in Achugao, Marpi, Mt. Tapuchao, and Gualo Rai.
In February this year, the Water Task Force announced that drilling operations on Mt. Tapuchao had struck an underground water supply initially estimated to have the capacity to produce up to 288,000 gallons a day of good water.
Most other wells only have an average capacity of between 50,000 to 86,000 gallons a day, the task force said.
To date, the task force has completed drilling three new wells on Mt. Tapuchao.