Christmas Mountain Village Resort, a 16-slope ski hill and 27-hole golf resort located just west of Wisconsin Dells uses two water wells to fill the irrigation pond connected to their pump station. This water is used to make snow during the winter months and irrigate the golf course during the rest of the year.
Their current well was not providing enough water so a second (larger) well was needed to supplement the existing one. This new well needed a capacity of 1,000 gpm which would make it the largest well in the county. No other wells in the area even produced at a rate of 500 gpm.
Having completed work for Christmas Mountain before, Pumpstation Professionals knew they could also help design and build this new well. Known for designing and installing pump stations, what some people don’t know is that Pumpstation Professionals is a division of Municipal Well & Pump, which gives them the ability to perform well drilling and well rehabilitation throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.
Having already designed wells with capacities greater than 1,000 gpm, Municipal Well & Pump was confident they could get the job done here too. A proposal was put together and sent to Christmas Mountain, that included materials, testing equipment and pump equipment.
Christmas Mountain agreed to the proposal and Pumpstation Professionals and Municipal Well & Pump got down to work. The first step was determining the best location for the well and acquiring the proper permits for construction.
After receiving approval, a date was selected to start the well. Here are the steps that were taken.
After the well was completed, Pumpstation Professionals installed a MCI Flowtronex Pump skid designed for golf irrigation and snow making in the existing wet well.
Pumpstation Professionals, with help from Municipal Well & Pump, was able to reach Christmas Mountain’s goals by providing a 495’ and 14” diameter well with a 100 HP submersible well pump, capable of producing over 1,000 gpm. Combined with their existing well, their capacity needs are now being met. Additionally, we successfully completed a significant upgrade to the pumpstation allowing them to irrigate the golf course and snow making in the winter at the same station.
