WATER – A total of 17,717,992 gallons of water were produced, 8,301,000 at Alder Creek Treatment Plant and 9,416,992 at Brownell Springs. Peak day water production was 0.862 MG on the 3rd. A total of 8.01 inches of rainfall were recorded at the treatment plant site during April. Work on the chlorine conversion project at Brownell Springs and Alder Creek WTP was wrapped up and seems to be working well. Work on the Intertie project continued. Startup and performance testing at the Hudson Rd. pump station and the Revenue Ave transfer pump station began on April 7th. Most of the performance testing was completed that week. The operational testing – which requires seven consecutive days of operation with no faults or alarms was more problematic.  By the end of the month we were operating the PWB connection on a daily basis at a rate of 500,000 gallons / day and it seemed to be functioning well.

SEWER – A total of 45,340,000 gallons of wastewater were treated and discharged to Tickle Creek. Minimum flow was 0.96 MGD on the 15th. Maximum day flow was 2.49 MGD on the 24th. Rainfall was .55″ on April 23rd and .70″ on the 24th.  6.03 inches of rainfall were recorded at the treatment plant site during April.  BOD concentration was 4.8 mg/l; BOD loading was 54.2 lbs.; permit allows 10 mg/l and 125 lbs.; SS concentration was 4.6  mg/l; SS loading was 55.8 lbs.; permit allows 10 mg/l and 125 lbs. We were in compliance with our discharge permit for the month of April.   No sludge was processed during the month.  The pumps at Marcy St.; Northside, Southside, Southeast, Southwest and Meinig Ave. lift stations ran a total of 365 hours with no significant problems.

STREETS – The street sweeping contractor spent 47 hours sweeping streets and collected more than 15 tons (23 cu. yds.) of debris, covering 136 lane miles. City staff installed guardrails adjacent to the new sidewalks on Pleasant St. where the fill slope was steep enough to present a hazard to pedestrians.

PARKS / OTHER – Parks staff installed fencing between the rental home and the splashpad in Bornstedt Park. Mowing of turfgrass in City parks began in earnest in April. The additional acreage in Bornstedt Park means we will probably have to contract out for some of the park mowing.