WATER – A total of 34,299,060 gallons of water were treated and delivered during March. 10,714,000 gallons from Alder Creek treatment plant; 8,299,000 gallons from Brownell Springs and 15,286,060 gallons purchased from City of Portland. Peak day production was 1.45 MGD on March 31st. 4.59 inches of rainfall were recorded at the water treatment plant site during the month with a peak of 0.89 inches on the 21st. We continue to have leased line communications issues at Brownell Springs. City crews have replaced all but about 10 of the remaining manual read meters (out of about 67 total) from the smart meter conversion project. These were sites that needed to be re-plumbed on the customer side or City side before a new meter could be installed. The conversion should be complete by the end of May.

WASTEWATER – A total of 40,960,000 gallons of sewage were treated and discharged to Tickle Creek. Maximum flow was 1.69 MGD on the 1st, no rainfall on this day or the day prior. Monthly rainfall recorded at the plant was 3.27 inches with a peak of 0.37 inches on the 13th. 875,360 gallons of sludge were dewatered and processed. Monthly Average Effluent BOD was 6.8 mg/l, permit allows: 10 mg/l. Monthly Average Effluent TSS was 8.9 mg/l, permit allows: 10 mg/l. We were in compliance with our discharge permit for the month of March. One of the effluent pumps was removed and sent out for rebuilding in preparation for summer irrigation season.

STREETS – Work is nearly complete on the LED conversion project. We have provided the contractor with a punchlist and PW staff is receiving training on the streetlight management software. The contractor finished up the punchlist for CDBG ADA ramp replacement project and the City participated in the utility relocation walkthrough for the ODOT ADA ramp project.

PARKS, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS – P,B & G staff de-winterized restrooms and drinking fountains in City parks, over-seeded bare areas in parks and applied fertilizer to turf grass.