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4r,;.Z, <br />Elk Riv <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 13, 2024 <br />6.1h <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Delivered 7 new water meters, installed a Smart Point module, and took curb stop ties. <br />• Completed 20 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 21 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 />• Completed and submitted the Water Treatment Plant Residual Solids Annual Report to <br />the MPCA. <br />• Work has been completed replacing the programable logic controller (PLC) for well 3. <br />This will allow for the transition of our Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) <br />system from communicating through radio to fiberoptic and increase the reliability of <br />our SCADA system. <br />• Utility staff have been working with city staff and the contractor for the fiber loop <br />expansion on installation of lateral lines to wells 5, 7, 8, 9, as well as Auburn and <br />Johnson water towers. <br />• A contractor has been selected to install mixing equipment and perform maintenance <br />work at Auburn Tower this spring, the contract price is $51,100. This project is included <br />in the 2024 water capital budget. <br />• The water operators have continued to work on the annual preventative maintenance <br />of our water treatment plants. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />• January 2024 Pumping by Well <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />167 <br />