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Atlantic Richfield Company and the EPA announced they will be starting a new test Monday on the metro storm drain system.

This is separate from the city's storm drain system.

The pumps and controls have already been installed for the test. The purpose of this test is to see how effectively the system is capturing the ground water that runs through the area from the Civic Center to across the street from the Visitors Center. Atlantic Richfield Company or ARCO and the EPA want to determine if they are capturing too much fresh water. The test will take anywhere from 10 to 60 days. Results should be in at the end of the 60 days.

ARCO wants to make sure people are aware of what is going on when they see them out working.

"Those of you that walk the trail will see our crews working manning the pumps, and you'll see the pipelines we've put in down there to take the water from the manholes down to the vault and then to the treatment system," said Trey Harbert the Environmental Business Manager for ARCO.

This upcoming test is phase two of the pump test that was done in the civic center parking lot about a month ago. The results are in from that test but are still being evaluated by ARCO and the EPA. So far, Harbert says it appears the system is working, but ARCO is discussing whether or not it will have some more work in the future.

"It's indicating that we may need to put in a couple more wells to make sure we fully understand what the system is doing," said Harbert.

The full results should be in within a few weeks. If more wells do need to be installed, Harbert says it'll happen in the next month or two.