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Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Dave Ninow —Water Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />February 14, 2023 <br />6.1i <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Delivered nine new water meters. <br />• Sealed the water meter, installed an encoder receiver transmitter, and took curb stop <br />ties from eight water services. <br />• Completed 15 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples <br />o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria <br />o Bacteriological/Disinfectant Residual Monthly Report submitted to the MDH <br />• Completed 20 routine fluoride samples <br />o All samples met MDH standards <br />o Submitted MDH Fluoride Report <br />• Submitted Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) to the Minnesota Pollution Control <br />Agency (MPCA) for the Water Treatment Plants. <br />• Submitted DMR to the MPCA for the Diesel Generation Plant. <br />• The revision of our Wellhead Protection Plan has been completed and has been <br />submitted to MDH. Now that the revised plan is submitted there is a required 60-day <br />review period. At the end of the review period a public hearing will be held for <br />comments. The public hearing, which requires a quorum of the Commission, will be held <br />in the utilities conference room at 5 p.m. after the April 11 commission meeting. After <br />all requirements have been met, the revised plan can be adopted. <br />• On January 12 we received a report of a water main leak on County Road 12 east of <br />Twin Lakes Road. The leak developed from improper hardware used on a fitting that had <br />deteriorated connecting a twelve -inch water main pipe to a ten -inch pipe. With the help <br />of a contractor the leak was repaired by replacing the deteriorated hardware. The water <br />main needed to be shutdown, disrupting water service in the area for about four hours <br />while the repair work was performed. <br />• The water operators have continued to work on the annual preventative maintenance <br />of our water treatment plants. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />• January 2023 Pumping by Well <br />Page IofI <br />119 <br />