WATER – A total of 34,290,238 gallons of water were treated and delivered during January. 11,730,000 gallons from Alder Creek treatment plant, 8,197,000 gallons from Brownell Springs and 15,363,238 gallons purchased from City of Portland. Peak day production was 1.83 MGD on January 14th. 10.32 inches of rainfall were recorded at the water treatment plant site during the month with a peak of 1.86 inches on January 13th. Our utility billing software vendor was finally able to get their software to work with the smart meter vendor’s software in time for the January billing eliminating the need to manually enter readings for several hundred accounts that had been a monthly task for the past seven months.

WASTEWATER – A total of 61,380,000 gallons of sewage were treated and discharged to Tickle Creek. Maximum flow was 3.99 MGD on the 13th, rainfall on the 12th totaled 0.71 inches and rainfall on the 13th totaled 1.86 inches. Monthly rainfall recorded at the plant was 7.86 inches with a peak of 1.86 inches on the 13th. 526,510 gallons of sludge were dewatered and landfilled. Monthly Average Effluent BOD was 10.63 mg/l, permit allows: 10 mg/l. Monthly Average Effluent TSS was 22.13 mg/l, permit allows: 10 mg/l. We had monthly average violations for effluent BOD, TSS and ammonia due to high flows on January 12th and 13th.

STREETS – City staff finished demolition of existing, non-compliant ramps for the ADA ramp replacement project. The contractor completed the remaining ramps (15) in January. The City’s contract street sweeper did not perform any sweeping in the month of January.