WATER
– A total of 27,254,900 gallons of water were produced, 13,486,000 at Alder Creek Treatment Plant and 13,167,900 at Brownell Springs. Peak day water production was 1.09 MG on March 12th. A total of 17.20 inches of rainfall were recorded at the treatment plant site during the month. There were some problems with high turbidity coming into the plant during the heavier rainfall and rain on snow events during March however WTP staff were able to keep producing water and meet all water quality standards.
SEWER
– A total of 56,460,000 gallons of wastewater were treated and discharged. Minimum flow was 0.77 MGD on the 9th. Maximum day flow was 4.05 MGD on the 30th (rainfall was 1.4 inches on the 29th and 0.5 inches on the 30th). A total of 11.14 inches of rainfall was recorded at the treatment plant site during the month. We were in compliance with our waste discharge permit for the month of March. BOD concentration was 9.64 mg/l; BOD loading was 161 lbs.; permit allows 20 mg/l and 125 lbs.; SS concentration was 4.5 mg/l; SS loading was 74 lbs.; permit allows 20 mg/l and 125 lbs. No sludge was hauled off-site during the month of March. The pumps at Marcy St.; Northside, Southeast, Meinig Ave. and Sleepy Hollow lift stations ran a total of 495 hours with no significant problems. The contractor performing cleaning and video inspection of the collection system in Proctor, Pioneer and US 26 completed the work in March. Approximately 7,000 lineal feet of main line was cleaned and inspected and about 70 sewer laterals were inspected. We found several significant issues and numerous smaller items that need to be taken care of prior to the ODOT highway overlay project scheduled for late summer
STREETS
– The street sweeping contractor spent 47 hours sweeping streets and collected 12 tons (19 cu. yds.) of debris, covering 135 lane miles. Several small snowfall events kept PW staff busy during the month of March. We also applied liquid de-icer several times during the month, we ran out of the initial 3,000 gallons we ordered in January and had to borrow 300 gallons from ODOT to finish out the month. We hope not to order any more material until November. City crews used 3 tons of asphalt repairing potholes and utility trenches on the one dry day we had in March.
PARKS / OTHER
– City crews installed the lighting in the parking lot at Meinig Park, we are waiting for the electrician to wire everything up. The new fixtures are all LED lighting with dimmable controllers, allowing us to adjust the lighting levels for different times of the evening. We also made provisions to mount cameras on the poles in the future. Since the western path entrance is no longer accessible for Hoodview’s trucks we installed a block enclosure adjacent to the parking lot for refuse containers.