Groundwater Analysis and Development
(Sun West Ranch)

The Sun West Ranch Subdivision consists of 55 home sites located on 2,000 acres in the upper Madison Valley. The home sites are located in an area with a limited water supply, difficult geological conditions and steep terrain which made water supply for the subdivision somewhat challenging.

Gaston Engineering & Surveying provided a design which incorporated multi-family water systems to serve the home sites with water supply from low capacity wells using individual cisterns located at each home. Well construction utilized an over-reamer system which overcame the geologic conditions of well construction. As a result the subdivision was approved for construction of 10 multi-user water systems within the project site.