This is the third of a series of articles dedicated to keeping the membership and community informed and safe as the new well build continues.

Up Next! 24/7 Drilling
 
9/30/2020 - Arizona Beeman has mobilized their drill rig to the well site.  They will continue setting up equipment through Saturday and expect to commence drilling Monday October 5^th or Tuesday October 6^th, at which point they will begin 24-hours-per-day operations.  Once drilling has begun in earnest, Clear Creek will have personnel onsite regularly to assure adherence to the Technical Specifications and to describe and log drilled lithologic cuttings.
 
What was accomplished prior to rig mobilization. Updates provided by Clear Creek Associates.
 
9/23/2020 - Surface casing installation commenced today, as planned at the Water Well No. 2 drill site. A 42-inch borehole was drilled to a depth of 39 feet using an auger drill rig (Photo 1). A 40-ft joint of 34-inch diameter steel casing was then hoisted over and lowered into the borehole (Photo 2), such that approximately 1-2 feet of casing remained above ground level. Finally, the annular space between the 42-inch borehole wall and 34-inch casing was filled with a cement slurry (Photo 3). Once the far larger rotary drill rig is onsite, drilling of the pilot borehole will commence at a depth of 39 feet (from the bottom of this surface casing) using a 16- or 17-inch diameter bit.

 

A total of 12 cubic yards of cement were installed today. One additional load of cement will be delivered and installed tomorrow morning in order to top off the cement seal - the sand and gravel sediments adjacent to the borehole were slightly more porous and absorbent than what was assumed when estimating the necessary volume. Arizona Beeman should finish installing the sound panels and perimeter fencing by Friday, and they anticipate being ready to bring the drill rig onsite early next week.

9/24/2020 - The surface casing cement seal was successfully installed to the designed level this morning using an additional 5 cubic yards of cement grout. AZ Beeman will continue installation of sound panels and security fencing through tomorrow, and we still anticipate the mobilization of the drill rig early next week.

9/28/2020 - Arizona Beeman has successfully installed sound-dampening panel walls around the drill site and is currently mobilizing equipment. They anticipate moving the drill rig onsite tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday. Depending on onsite progress over the next couple of days, we should soon have an estimate on when drilling will commence.

FLOW CHART PROGRESS
The areas in gray depict the completed processes from the Flow Chart for Drilling A Well.