Cheney, WASH. — People who live in Cheney are facing three weeks of emergency water restrictions following a mechanical failure in the city’s largest well. About 13,300 people rely on this well for water.
The well stopped working after a power outage on Sunday. When power was restored, it created a whiplash effect that damaged the well’s pump. Cheney’s Public Works Department had to shut it down that same night.
“Until we run the pump and we know if there’s further damage or not, we’re still staying on that three-week warning at this point,” said Dan Ferguson, Public Works Director for Cheney…