January 1-February 17, 2020 Operations Report
/Kevin Southworth, Operations Manager
During this period:
Notice of turbidity violations (August to November) and resolution published on January 8. December 2019 turbidity measurements did not incur a violation.
Jepson Engineering completed a survey of the water treatment facilities, settling pond, and surrounding area on January 8-10.
Dept. of Ecology Dam Safety annual inspection submitted, and the 5-year inspection by DOE engineers scheduled for April 2020. Emergency Action Plan and Operations & Maintenance Manual is in development.
Dept. of Health Water Facility Inventory submitted with 221 total service connections, LISE has 250 permitted connections and three pending connection requests.
Formal Compliance Agreement has been established between DOH and LISE on February 14 to address turbidity violations with deadline of July 1, 2020 to submit a schedule to address water treatment improvements and timeline.
DOH Sanitary Survey scheduled for late July 2020.
January 2020 Water Usage (in gallons)
From storage tanks 425,320 Chlorine monitoring feed (0.178 gpm) 7,950
Net to distribution 417,370
Flushing 3,100 Residential meters 252,060 Unaccounted for water 162,210
Percentage of loss 39%
