Utilities
Goals & Accomplishments
Department Goals
  • Sustain, operate and maintain the City's sewer system and treatment facilities.
  • Sustain, operate and maintain the City's sewer, water, drainage, parks and facilities.
  • Sustain, operate and maintain the City's water facilities and systems to provide clean water to our customers
Accomplishments 2006
  • Daily inspections and recording of flows at all Lift Stations
  • Daily inspection of emergency generators at each station
  • Continuous monitoring and cleaning of piping
  • Upgraded telemetry at Public Works Operations center
  • Removed debris and noxious weed from Sewage Lagoon
  • Began lagoon maintenance program for sewer lagoon
  • Installed groundwater monitoring wells for sewer lagoon
  • Monitored waste water characteristics for design of proposed reuse plant
  • Cleaned EQ Basin
  • Air Relief inspection long Force Main Alignment
  • Videotaped 10 miles of sewer main line
  • Began recording sewer flows at all lift stations
  • Rebuilt 2 sewer pumps
  • Completed Pump Station #1 reconstruction and new grinder station
  • Demolished Old Sewer Treatment Plant
  • Completed Betts Bridge Force Main Improvements
  • Continued sewer pipe link into GBA maintenance software
  • Maintained drainage system above and below ground
  • Inventoried all Public Detention Basins and swales
  • Perform swale and detention maintenance
  • Cleaned all drainage facilities 3-4 times per year
  • Cleaned NW 20th Avenue and City owned property ditches
  • Cleaned SE Grace Avenue/199th Street/East Main Street ditches
  • Mapped entire storm system
  • Purchase new equipment for storm pond maintenance
  • Started input of storm system into GBA maintenance software
  • Daily monitoring of the water system including wellhead checks that include flow documentation
  • Daily emergency pumping equipment inspections and continuous operation of the chlorine injection system
  • Daily monitoring of pumping operations and their relation to available storage and customer demand
  • Weekly sampling and reports to the Department of Health with 100% compliance
  • Meter change out program (100 meters replaced)
  • Diamond cut and repaired valve cans on Main Street and Parkway Avenue (20)
  • Inventoried and repaired all fire hydrants
  • Began backflow prevention program with commercial and industrial customers
  • Installed 7 new backflow prevention devices at city facilities and sewer lift stations
  • Cleaned and inspected the inside of 2 reservoirs
  • Completed leak detecting flyer for citizens
  • Certified staff in Water Distribution Manager levels 1 and 3
  • Certified staff in Cross Connection Specialist (CCS) and Backflow Assembly Testing (BAT)
Performance Measurements
2004
2005
2006 Estimate
2007 Projection
Clean Sewer Lines
20,000 feet
20,000 feet
12,000 feet
15,000 feet
TV Sewer System
25%
25%
25%
25%
9 Mile Force Main
Pigged/Cleaned
Pigged/Cleaned
Gardner Force Main
Pigged/Cleaned
TV System
0
0
0%
10%
Ditch maintenance
500 hours
362 hours
3000 hours
3000 hours
Clean Detention Basins
2
2
1600
2000
Clean Catch Basins
Westside
Eastside (200)
Westside (250)
Eastside (250)
Replace Meters
50 units
50 units
100 units
100 units
Inventory System
15%
15%
25%
25%
Clean Valve Cans
0
0
0
100 units
Repair Valve Cans
0
0
20 units
100 units

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