June 22-July 26, 2024 Operations Report

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Nick Kluge, Operations Manager

During this period:

  • Routine aquatic plant management in Dickinson Lake

  • New siren installation and testing at the LISECC Maintenance Shop

  • Backup generator manually cycled

  • Customer Water Usage Survey

  • Deployed aluminum marina docks

  • Calibration and verifications of online analyzers

  • Jar testing alternative water treatment coagulants and filter aids

  • Monthly, bi-monthly and weekly dam inspections completed

  • Reservoir vertical profile and submitted samples for lab analysis

  • R&D of system components for improving current WTP performance

  • Distributed the 2023 CCR and WUE to the membership

  • Investigated water pressure and flow at customer property

  • Replaced BBQ at Clubhouse

  • Leakage surveying

  • Received remaining materials for the Cabana restoration project

  • Ecological Critical Areas Survey conducted at Holiday and Dickinson Lake

  • Lead Service Line Inventory Survey

  • Distribution system flushing

  • Groundskeeping various locations

  • DOH monthly meeting

➢ The Critical Area Survey was conducted to satisfy the permitting requirements necessary for the reservoir floating dock, new WTP project, and future maintenance tactics being investigated in and around Holiday Lake. Separate reports will be provided by the contracted professional ecological scientists delineating between the two water bodies which will allow for a more streamlined process during the permitting process. Surveying of the flagged data points will be conducted to update the topographic site plan survey provided by Jepson & Associates.

➢ Elm Electric provided an estimate for the installation and connection of 120V power to an aerator pump for Holiday Lake. The proposed work would provide power for a single aerator pump, LISECC supplied and connected, as well as the ability to add an additional pump at a later time. LISECC Staff would be able to install a conduit crossing the road by the WTP grate prior to Elms start date to help lower the overall cost of the project. The addition of a second aerator pump at the far side of the lake would require a buried conduit, encased in concrete, to be installed around the perimeter of the lake. Total length of the conduit trench would be ~ 400 feet, requiring ~ 10 yards of concrete. State and County review of the Ecological Critical Area Survey will determine whether or not installation of the aerator pumps are permissible within the area. Allocation of funds toward this project should be delayed pending State and County review of the proposed plan.

Upcoming Projects:

  • Optimize coagulation and filtration process Ongoing

  • Continue leak detection and distribution repairs Ongoing

  • New WTP review w/ Wilson Engineering Ongoing

  • Repair Cabana bathrooms Ongoing

  • Install Marina cameras July, 2024

  • Install new distribution sampling stations Summer, 2024

  • Reservoir floating dock Summer, 2024

  • Filter media replacement Summer, 2024

June 2024 Water Usage (in gallons)

Total Water Produced 412,900 Chlorine monitoring (0.178 gpm) 7,646
Flushing 3,000
Metered Usage 263,600
Other (Chlorine residual testing, BW) 28,840 Authorized Consumption 303,130
System Leakage 109,770
Percentage of loss 26.6% Average gallon per minute loss 2.5