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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Eric Volk-Water Superintendent John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: February 10, 2015 6.1e SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • Delivered 3 new residential water meters. • Sealed the water meter and took curb stop ties from 2 water services. • Went on 6 Service calls. • Completed 25 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples; all confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria. • Completed 20 routine fluoride samples. All samples met MDH standards. • The Water Operators have continued to perform annual well maintenance. They have spent the last month cleaning and reorganizing Well#3,preparing Well#2 to be sandblasted and painted, and painting at Well#7. They're making great progress towards getting our wells into the condition they should be in. • Since the new valves and hydrants have been added the GIS mapping system, we're now able to get an accurate count of how many we have. We currently have 1,222 fire hydrants and 1,454 gate valves in the distribution system. • Well#2 has been sandblasted and painted by Slack Painting. We used Badger State Inspections to do the sandblasting/paint inspection. The painting has exceeded our expectations. We did come across a few more pipes that had to be removed and replaced due to excessive pitting. We will now move onto the reinstallation of the well, and the installation of the new VFD. To finish off the project the water operators will update the chemical feed system. I hope to have a final update in March when the well is completed. Attached are before and after pictures of the Well #2 filter reconditioning. ATTACHMENTS: • January Pumping By Well • Before and After Pictures -Well#2 Filter Reconditioning marl 'POWERED BY Iir3 Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P O W E R E D T o S E R V E 76