Sharpe Water offering Options for Well System

Letter to St. Martins HOA

Keith,
Ray and Jody passed on your contact info and I understand you are interested in hearing what might be needed to upgrade the water plant at St. Martins.  I had sent something to Bill Killinger a month or so ago, because I understand the community is trying to decide if you should bear the cost of connecting to the Ocean Pines system or upgrade your own water plant.  I will give you a couple of ballpark ideas, but I will say that something needs to be done because we can’t keep trying to limp this system along.
Minimal Upgrades
●       Eliminate the buried hydropneumatic tank.  Leave in the ground but cut off and seal the end inside the plant.
●       Install (4) WR-260 bladder tanks to replace the hydro tank, tank level sensor, and air compressor.
●       Upgrade the control panel with a simple HOA (Hand-Off-Auto) switch and pressure gauge.
●       Replace all three water softeners and brine tanks with a new Culligan CTM-300-PF triplex water softener system.
●       Relocate the chemical feed pumps to near the control panel and add secondary containment basins.
●       Dig up and install a new 4” Sch. 40 PVC drain line to the creek.
●       Replace the testing table and test kits.
●       Replace the dehumidifier with an industrial grade dehumidifier.
●       Make all lights operational.
●       Temporary trailer water treatment set-up during demo.
●       BALLPARK = $60,000 
Ultimate Upgrades
●       Totally demo the existing plant once a new plant is built.
●       Build a minimum 20’ x 20’ building to house all equipment.  Location up by the road where the little stand of trees is.
●       Add a second well capable of at least 50 gpm at 50 psi.
●       Install a back-up generator capable of operating the well pump(s) and all plant equipment.
●       Install a new control panel with HOA switch and alternator controls to cycle both wells regularly.
●       Install (8) WR-260 bladder tanks to replace the hydro tank, tank level sensor, and air compressor.
●       Replace all three water softeners and brine tanks with a new Culligan CTM-300-PF triplex water softener system.
●       Install a digital chlorine level monitor which will indicate any iron bleed-through.
●       Install an alarm system that calls out if anything goes wrong.  I have attached the one we use at Swann Keys who went through a similar upgrade three years ago, although yours won’t need as many sensors/alarms.
●       All underground piping to connect both wells and the drain line down to the creek.
●       Permitting and Engineering.
●       BALLPARK = $150,000
 
I know this is a lot to digest, but something does need to be done in the near future because this plant is not reliable and really isn’t even safe to operate as is.  Please let us know how you would like to proceed.
 
Thanks,
DJ Shannahan
President – Sharp Water Culligan