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Elk River <br />Municipal Utiliries <br />Memorandum <br />To: Elk River Utilities Commission <br /> Jobn Dietz <br /> JertyGtunphtey <br /> ~~~ <br />Prepared By: David Berg <br />Date: 2/26/2010 <br />Subject: Hydrant Recall Labor Update <br />The hydrants that are in need of repair were going to be a project for our summer <br />help. After talking with other utilities and staff they mentioned the pros and cons <br />of the large task. I feel this project would be best suited for a contractor. There <br />will be no cost to the utilities as Waterous covers the repairs, and the contractor <br />would also have a warranty. <br />**From October 2009** <br />We were informed of a Waterous Hydrant part recall in September. Hydrants manufactured from <br />1999 to 2004 have recalled parts because of the grease within the equipment. ERMU has an <br />estimated 400 hydrants in the water system, which is about 40% of our hydrant inventory. We <br />have been in contact with Waterous and they are sending us new parts for 50 hydrants at this time <br />and more as we need them. Three hydrant part exchanges an hour is the likely time consumption <br />for labor. We will be refunded $40.00 per hydrant. If this does not meet our needs of time & <br />effort, Waterous has offered a contractor option. The contractor would complete the Labor and we <br />would not receive the $40.00 refund. <br />