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Perhaps Benjamin Franklin, who was the first to import bottled water to the United States in 1785, may have seen the glimmer of the exponentially increasing need for a source of pure drinking water when he said, “We will only know the
worth of water when the well runs dry."
“Water is a
rock-solid growth area for two simple reasons:
The spring water market has been evolving into a profitable business for
property owners and investors who have quality sources near major
metropolitan markets. Bottled Water Web, http://www.bottledwaterweb.com/watervalue.html
The growing need for high quality water, locally, as well as globally...
“The population of the [NH] Seacoast area has increased by 36 percent over the past 20 years, but the demand for ground- and surface-water resources for drinking, industrial, and other purposes has increased by 50 percent…. Demand for ground water from the bedrock aquifer is continuously increasing as new sources of surface water decrease and the cost of surface-water treatment increases. In addition, not all communities have sand and gravel aquifers that are sufficient for public water supply or for commercial or industrial demands.” Water Resources of New Hampshire and Vermont/New Hampshire Bedrock Aquifer Assessment, Feb. 10, 2004 http://nh.water.usgs.gov/CurrentProjects/bedrock.htm
Science
Withdrawal Well Water Quality Summary
Chemical Analyses of Water from Production Wells
Bromide Data May 2006 (ppb) comprised of three documents: |
Evolution & Permitting
Chamberlain Springs was established for the bulk production and sale of spring water. The spring is located on Sunny Slope Farm, which is the 282 acre Chamberlain family farm in Alton NH.
The establishment of the company has been conceptualized in three phases, each with a specific goal and separate initial financing. Phase One and Phase Two have been fully paid for and completed.
Phase One was begun in February of 2003, and completed in January of 2004. A geo-physical survey was initiated to locate fractured bedrock aquifers by means of VLF radio signals. A likely fracture zone was located near a natural spring which daylights, (i.e. comes to the surface), from a portion of the fracture zone.
Conducted by Covel & Associates, LLC, an exploratory well was drilled by Capital Well Company of Dunbarton, NH. to a depth of 500 feet and pumped for forty-eight (48) hours. It established an equilibrium point and yielded eighty (80) gallons per minute. Water samples from both the well and the spring were air freighted to ELAB in Florida for analysis, which indicated conditions consistent with spring water quality from both sources.
The data was forwarded to GZA GeoEnviornmental for an independent analysis by their hydrologist, who plotted a Piper Diagram, which confirmed that the water from the well is high quality spring water. The price of water is market driven and water classified as spring water sells at a premium to water classified as drinking water.
On February 12th, 2004 the existing data gathered to that date were presented at a preliminary meeting with New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) officials to discuss the processes and procedures of application for a large groundwater withdrawal permit. The NHDES said they saw no major issues and thought that it looked like a sustainable project. Obtaining the data and taking that to an initial meeting with the NHDES was the goal of Phase One, which was financed entirely by the company founders.
The goal of the Phase Two was approval from both the NHDES and the Town of Alton for a large water withdrawal permit, “large” being defined as 40 to 200 gallons per minute, or 57,600 gallons per day.
Two more production wells and two monitoring wells were drilled in the spring of 2005, and the required pumping and water quality tests were completed in July 2005.
The Final Application for a large groundwater permit was submitted to the NHDES in September 2005 requesting a permit for 223,200 gallons per day.
Town approval has been received from the Alton Zoning Board of Adjustment, as large water extraction is allowed only by special exception. The site plan & hours of operation (4 am until 8 pm) were approved by the Alton Planning Board in Oct. 2005. The NH Department of Transportation has granted a permit for up to 30 trucks per day, which was also approved by the Alton Planning Board.
In November 2005 the NHDES commented on the Final Application. Those comments were addressed with a subsequent pump test in February 2006, which was deemed to adequately address the NHDES's comments.
On July 26th, 2006 the NHDES issued Chamberlain Springs LLC a large groundwater extraction permit for the extraction of 155 gallons per minute, 223,200 gallons per day of spring water. ...more
With the granting of the large groundwater extraction permit, Chamberlain Springs LLC now enters Phase Three of the project.
Phase Three will consist primarily of the construction of the physical plant to support the extraction and shipment of the spring water. The current estimated cost of this final phase is $1,750,000. We are currently securing financing to build the infrastructure necessary to deliver bulk spring water. We are also actively pursuing relationships with purchasers of bulk water so that we can go immediately to production upon completion of our infrastructure. The time line for reaching the goal of beginning shipments of spring water, and thereby generating income, is approximately the first quarter of 2008.
For financials and more details please contact us at:
Chamberlain Springs LLC 166 Old Wolfeboro Road, Alton, NH. 03809 contact@ChamberlainSpringsNh2o.com 603-875-7562
Deanna: deanna@ChamberlainSpringsNh2o.com cell: 603-387-3889
Tim: tim@ChamberlainSpringsNh2o.com cell: 603-520-6294 |
