Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho

Modern water meters, GIS system mapping, and improved water pressure monitoring led the way to award-winning performance for Idaho’s Gooding City Water Works

Oct 19, 2023 | by James Careless |

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Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho — The team at Gooding City Water Works includes, from left, Paul Childs, water/wastewater operator; Noel Edwards, water/wastewater superintendent; and Pam Childs, Jase Stockham, Glen Neal, and Joel Eilers, water/wastewater operators.

Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho — Pam Childs, water/wastewater operator, performs daily checks and testing on the Ultra Mag wastewater flowmeter (McCrometer) at the Gooding City plant.

Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho — Gooding City Water Works staff members Joel Eilers (left) and Paul Childs perform daily checks and testing at the plant, which produces 200,000 gpd to 2.4 mgd.

Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho — A Kohler generator provides backup power for the Gooding plant’s main booster pump.

Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho — Gooding City Water Works main booster pump location (American-Marsh split case pump from Wilo).

Modernization Boosts Service and Efficiency in Gooding City, Idaho

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Quality service. Reliable supply. Low rates for customers. Those are the objectives that drive Noel Edwards and the team at the Gooding City Water Works in Idaho. Substantial system improvements have been key to achieving those aims. They include adding advanced water meters with remote usage reporting capabilities, mapping the water infrastructure electronically, and using technology to detect and respond quickly to drops in water pressure.Those enhancements, and others, helped the Gooding City utility earn the 2022 Drinking Water System of the Year from Idaho Rural Water Association. Deserving to win isn’t the same as expecting to win: News of the

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