WATER – A total of 46,989,000 gallons of water were produced, 34,773,000 at Alder Creek Treatment Plant and 12,216,000 at Brownell Springs. Peak day water production was 1.75 MG on the 20th. A total of 0.06 inches of rainfall were recorded at the treatment plant site during July.   Work continued on the Intertie project. All the pipe has been installed as of the end of July. The connection to Portland’s system is complete. Two pipeline sections remain to be tested.  Concrete work has begun at the reservoir site. The reservoir floor poured on the 23rd. This was the largest pour of the project and it went smoothly. Crews are preparing for the first wall pour and the column pours.

SEWER – A total of 24,250,000 gallons of wastewater were treated and reused for irrigation purposes. Minimum flow was 0.7 MGD on the 26th. Maximum day flow was 0.99 MGD on the 10th. No rainfall was recorded at the treatment plant site during the month. BOD concentration was 8.7 mg/l; BOD loading was 58 lbs.; permit allows 10 mg/l and 125 lbs.; SS concentration was 8.7  mg/l; SS loading was 58 lbs.; permit allows 10 mg/l and 125 lbs. We were in compliance with our discharge permit for the month of July. Effluent BOD and SS limits do not apply when the treated wastewater is used for land application these figures are shown to demonstrate treatment efficiency. 330,440 gallons of sludge (39.5 dry tons) were processed and spread on local pasture land. The pumps at Marcy St.; Northside, Southeast and Meinig Ave. lift stations ran a total of 268 hours with no significant problems.

STREETS – The street sweeping contractor spent 40 hours sweeping streets and collected 9 tons (16 cu. yds.) of debris, covering 134 lane miles. As part of the waterline project Bluff Rd. was repaved between Hood St. and Bell St. The northbound lane of Bluff was repaved from Bell St. to the city limits.

PARKS / OTHER –  Public Works staff set up and took down the traffic control for the Mountain Festival parade. Prior to the Festival PW staff patched deteriorated asphalt on the paths in Meinig Park.  The park stood up well to Mountain Festival traffic. Parks staff removed weeds, trimmed vegetation and placed bark mulch at the Pioneer parking lot, Heritage Sq. parking lot and at Vista Loop Reservoir.