How does Rose Valley Water Company produce and deliver water?
Rose Valley Water Company withdraws groundwater through two large wells drilled hundreds of feet into the aquifer. Rose Valley has a third well which is not in service. Groundwater is piped from the two wells and stored in several large tanks. From the storage tanks, the groundwater is piped into pressure tanks and through the distribution system to customer’s homes. On average, Rose Valley withdraws between 800,000 and 1,200,000 gallons of fresh groundwater per day (depending upon the time of year) for distribution to the Company’s customers. back to questions Question: What is the difference between “groundwater” and “surface water?” Groundwater is water found in aquifers deep beneath the surface of the earth. An “aquifer” is a geological formation of permeable rock, gravel or sand containing or conducting groundwater. Surface water is water flowing in streams, canyons, ravines or other natural channels, lakes, ponds, natural springs, and defined underground channels. The water deliv
