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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Eric Volk - Water Superintendent <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> November 15, 2016 6.1e <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • Delivered six new water meters. <br /> • Sealed the water meter, and took curb stop ties from six water services. <br /> • Went on eight service calls. <br /> • Completed 25 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples <br /> o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria. <br /> • Completed 20 routine fluoride samples <br /> o All samples met MDH standards. <br /> • There has been a lull in the construction at Well #7 this past month as we wait for the <br /> floor drains to be manufactured. During that time period, the exterior grading was <br /> completed and the stormwater pond was constructed. Over the next month,we expect <br /> that the floor will be poured in the expansion and that the pipe work should commence. <br /> The contractor is still on schedule to meet the substantial completion date of February 15, <br /> 2017. Attached is a picture of the new stormwater pond. <br /> • The infiltration basin at Well #3 has been completed. The basin will facilitate infiltration <br /> into the ground of over one million gallons of water that had previously been backwashed <br /> into the sanitary sewer each year; the sanitary sewer in the area was not built to be able to <br /> accept such a surcharge of water. The total cost of the project was $12,000. As we had <br /> been paying the wastewater department roughly $700 per month to discharge into the <br /> sanitary sewer, we should recover the cost for the project within18 months. Attached is a <br /> picture of the infiltration basin. <br /> • We completed the annual dam inspection on October 5. We invited Jason Boyle, the State <br /> Dam Safety Officer, to assist us with the inspection. Jason commented on the <br /> progressiveness of our dam maintenance program and commended both the utility and <br /> city on what a great job we were doing. Everything on the dam checked out fine. There <br /> is a small list of things that will need to get accomplished in the next few months. <br /> Attached is a picture of the dam after the drawdown was completed. <br /> PONE 8 E 0 8 Y <br /> Page 1 of 2 NATURE <br /> 1111 <br /> Reliable ProviderPowP-P OWERED To S EkvE <br /> 17n <br />