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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Dave Ninow – Water Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />April 13, 2021 6.1j <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Delivered fournew water meters. <br /> Sealed the water meter, installed an encoder receiver transmitter, and took curb stop <br />ties from sevenwater services. <br /> Completed 15 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples <br />o All confirmednegative for Coliform Bacteria <br />o Bacteriological/Disinfectant Residual Monthly Report submitted to the MDH <br /> Completed 23 routine fluoride samples <br />o All samples met MDH standards <br />o Submitted MDH Fluoride Report <br />Submitted the Discharge Monitoring Report for the diesel generation plantto the <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. <br />Completed and submitted the 2020Water Conservation Report totheDNR. <br /> Staff have been working with Short Elliot Hendrickson Inc. to conduct a risk and <br />resilience assessment of the water system that is required by the EPA. <br /> The new handrail system on top of FreeportWater Tower has been installed andall <br />damage to the tower’s paint coatings resulting from the work has been repaired. The <br />tower has been refilled with water, bacteria samples have passed, and the tower is back <br />in service. Installation of Verizon Wireless communications equipment continues there. <br />A new programmable logic controllerand touch screen controlinterface have been <br />installed at Water Treatment Plant #4. The backwashing issues experienced there have <br />been resolved and the water operators have added 77 cubic feet of filter media to the <br />filter to replace what was lost. <br />Water department staff continue to work with State and County staff on the County <br />State Aide Highway12reconstruction, Highway10reconstruction, and Highway 169 <br />Redefineprojects. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br /> March 2021 Pumping by Well <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />528 <br />