The Hampstead Area Water Company will run a pump test on its new Angle Pond well by pumping 230,400 gallons per day for seven days starting Feb. 25.
The new well is the water company’s third on Angle Pond.
On Dec. 19, Emery & Garrett Groundwater Investigations, the monitoring company hired by the water company, sent out 400 letters to property owners in the four towns in the impact area requesting permission to monitor their wells during the pump test.
Emery & Garrett received 57 responses.
Daniel Tinkham, senior consultant at Emery & Garrett, said the number of responses returned was "really good coverage."
Not all of the 36 property owners who granted access will have their wells monitored.
The state Department of Environmental Services would like more monitoring of wells close to Angle Pond.
Andrew Koff, hydrogeologist for the Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau of the DES, issued a reminder letter Feb. 4 to nine residents who are within 1,000 feet of the new well.
Koff said the reminder letter is "not always, but occasionally" something the DES would do in this situation.
Resident Deanna Anthony said the addition of a new well in town makes her "uneasy."