20240227Falls Water Well Press Release.pdf

Case No. FLS-W-24-01
Order No. 36097
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Written comments are being accepted on project for backup well and
infrastructure.

BOISE (Feb. 27, 2024) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting comments until
late April on an application from Falls Water to build a backup well in eastern Idaho.

Falls Water bought the Morning View Water Company, and identified the need for a backup well
after completing a facility plan. Falls Water said the backup well is needed to ensure sufficient
water supply if the primary well were to fail. The backup well and other infrastructure is
estimated to cost $300,000 to $350,000.

Written comments are being accepted until April 24, 2024. Comments are required to be filed
through the commission’s website or by e-mail unless computer access is not available. To
comment through the commission’s website, please visit puc.idaho.gov and click on the “Case
Comment Form” link on the upper left side of the page. Please use case number FLS-W-24-01
when filling out the form. Comments submitted through e-mail are required to be sent to the
commission secretary and Falls Water at the e-mail addresses below. If computer access is not
available, comments can be mailed to the commission and Falls Water at these addresses:

For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street address for express mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

For Falls Water:

Preston N. Carter
Morgan D. Goodin
Givens Pursley LLP
601 W. Bannock St.
Boise, ID 83702
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Eric W. Nelsen
Senior Regulatory Attorney
NW Natural
250 SW Taylor St.
Portland, OR 97204
[e-mail]

K. Scott Bruce
Falls Water Company, Inc.
2180 North Deborah Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
[e-mail]

Additional information is available at: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7255.