August 25-September 26, 2024 Operations Report
/Nick Kluge, Operations Manager
During this period:
Lead Service Line Inventory
Weekly customer leakage survey
Fall water conference in Yakima
Repaired treatment plant chemical dosing pump
Signing on with Alumichem to contract for chemical supply and support
Calibration and verifications of online and portable analyzers
Monthly, bi-monthly dam inspections completed and annual report filed with DOE Dam Safety
Water tanks and PAX mixers inspected
Cleaned and serviced chemical feed pumps, injection quills, and solution day tanks
Identified and repaired a broken treatment plant component
R&D of system components for improving the current WTP performance
Investigated customer leakage concerns
Reviewing media replacement plan with DOH engineer and specialists
Ordered replacement signage for around Holiday Lake
Routine servicing of grounds keeping equipment
Contracted with Cesco Solutions for chemical supply
Inspected work truck for necessary routine maintenance
Identified failing floor beam supporting the treatment plant and improvised a temporary support
Site visit from Foundation Restoration for bid on repairing treatment plant floor beam
Monthly distribution system flushing
Daily groundskeeping various locations
Vegetation clearing of ditches and culverts at various locations
DOH monthly meeting
Upcoming Projects:
Optimize coagulation and filtration process
Continue leak detection and distribution repairs
New WTP review w/ Wilson Engineering
Repair Cabana bathrooms
Install fish cages in the lakes
Install Marina cameras
Install new distribution sampling stations
Reservoir floating dock
Filter media replacement
August 2024 Water Production/Usage (in gallons)
Total Water Produced 490,900 Chlorine monitoring (0.178 gpm) 7,946
Flushing 3,100
Metered Usage 392,090
Other (Chlorine residual testing, BW) 2,325 Authorized Consumption 405,461
System Leakage 85,439
Percentage of loss 17.4% Average gallon per minute loss 1.9
