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Invitation for bids

Thursday, March 14, 2024

 CITY OF GOSHEN INVITATION FOR BIDS  FOR THE PURCHASE OF MINI EXCAVATOR  The City of Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety is soliciting sealed offers for a 2023 or newer mini excavator for use in the City of Goshen’s Cemeteries Department. The Board of Public Works and Safety... more

Invitation for bids

Thursday, March 14, 2024

 CITY OF GOSHEN INVITATION FOR QUOTES  FOR THE PURCHASE OF HYDRAULIC EXTRICATION TOOLS  The City of Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety is soliciting sealed quotes for various hydraulic extrication tools for use in the City of Goshen’s Fire Department. The Board of Public Works and Safety... more

Goshen Parks and Recreation hosting open house for master plan

Thursday, March 14, 2024

The City of Goshen’s Parks and Recreation Department will host a community open house on Thursday, March 21, to provide the public an opportunity to share comments and feedback on the draft parks master plan. The five-year master plan is designed by the Goshen Parks and Recreation Department... more

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Plan Commission - CANCELLED

Today, 4:00pm

To view the webinar, please copy and paste this link on your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/93316714369 Or call: (301) 715-8592 or 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 933 1671 4369

Parks and Recreation Master Plan Open House

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 4:00pm

The Parks and Recreation department is hosting an open house to receive feedback and comments from the community about the draft of the 2024-2028 Parks Master Plan.

Board of Works

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 4:00pm

To join the webinar please copy and paste this link on your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88469251269 or call +1 312 626 6799. Webinar ID: 884 6925 1269 Comments are no longer taken online.

Wellhead Protection Information

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Goshen's Wellhead Protection Program

The Goshen Water Department has a Wellhead Protection Program meeting the Federal requirements of Section 1428 of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the requirements established in the State of Indiana Codes 13-18-17-6 and 13-7-26-7. The purpose of these laws is to help protect public water supplies from contamination.

Water Supply System

The City of Goshen owns and operates a Public Water Supply (PWS) system within Elkhart, Indiana having a designation number of IN5220009. The City supplies water to approximately 10,280 service connections and a population of 32,267 (per 2015 estimates).  The Water Utility’s average production is 3.5 million gallons per day, with a maximum production capacity of about 10 million gallons per day. 

The Goshen Water Department obtains water from wells located in two well fields, commonly referred to as North and Kercher.  North Well Field has 6 wells and pumps, on average, 1.7 million gallons per day.  The Kercher Well Field has 3 wells with an average daily pumping of 1.8 million gallons.  The Kercher Well Field has a 750 kW stand-by generator capable of operating the entire well field to its full capacity of 5.1 million gallons per day. The North Well Field is scheduled to have a backup generator installed in 2016.

The North Well Field and Kercher Well Field treatment plants pump into a common distribution system with one 0.5 million gallon elevated storage tank (Clinton Tower), one 1.5 million gallon elevated storage tank (Sherck Tower) and one 0.5 million gallon ground storage tank that supports an independent pressure zone serving the upper elevation of the north and east portions of the City. Local Planning Team

In January 1999, the Goshen Water Department formed a local planning team to assist it in the development and implementation of its Wellhead Protection Program.  The team has met off and on over the years to map out water system goals.  Over the past couple of years, the team has been inactive.  A new local planning team will be assembled to provide guidance on the Phase III Wellhead Protection Plan.  If you are interested in helping to provide guidance on how to protect the water utility over the next 5 years, please contact Kent Holdren, Water Superintendent, at 574-534-5306. 

Wellhead Protection Areas

The State of Indiana defines a wellhead protection area (WHPA) as the surface and subsurface area, which contributes water to a community public water supply system (CPWSS) well or well field and through which contaminates are likely to move through and reach the well within a five year time-of-travel. As part of the Phase I Wellhead Protection Plan, the Goshen Water Department retained the services of Peerless-Midwest, Inc. to delineate its well field’s supply source by identifying the one and five year time-of-travel areas. 

In 2012, IDEM evaluated the changes to the City’s well fields and determined new wellhead delineations were unnecessary for Phase II. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has approved the delineations for both the North and Kercher Wellhead Protection areas. 

Management Measures

As new development or redevelopment occurs within the City, Goshen Engineering reviews the proposed improvement and evaluates the potential impacts to the groundwater system.  Property owners and developers are given guidance about what activities are and are not suitable over the wellhead protection areas.

The City of Goshen works in cooperation with the Elkhart County Health Department, that protects the County’s groundwater by administering the County’s Groundwater Protection Ordinance, renewed in 2014. 

Wellhead Protection Program - Phase II  5 Year Update

 Wellhead Protection Plan 5 Year Update

Wellhead Protection Program - Phase II

 Cover and Table of Contents
 Exhibit A

 Exhibit B

  Exhibit C

  Exhibit D

 Exhibit E

 Exhibit F

 Exhibit G

 Exhibit H

 Exhibit I 

 Exhibit J

 Idem Approval Letter For Wellhead Protection Update 2017

 Wellhead Protection Plan Phase II 5 Year Update 2017

 Map Findings Update 2017