6.1e. ERMUSR 10-21-2014Elk River
Municipal Utilities
UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission
Eric Volk - Water Superintendent
John Dietz — Chair
Al Nadeau — Vice Chair
Daryl Thompson — Trustee
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
October 21, 2014
6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
• Delivered 13 new residential water meters.
• Sealed the water meter and took curb stop ties from 7 water services.
• Turned on 3 water services and 1 electric service.
• Turned off 3 water services and 1 electric service.
• Went on 9 Service calls.
• Completed 25 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples; all confirmed negative for
Coliform Bacteria.
• Completed 20 routine fluoride samples. All samples met MDH standards.
• 280 fire hydrants have had maintenance performed on them so far this summer.
• One Way Building Services has completed the Verizon Wireless antenna installation. The
punch list items have been taken care of and they are ready for the final inspection. We're
getting close to starting on the Sprint 2.5 upgrade on the Auburn, Freeport, and Johnson
Street towers.
• We've been working with our control company to improve our SCADA system
dependability.
• The water department finished fire hydrant maintenance for the season. In total they
performed maintenance on 200 public fire hydrants and 130 private hydrants. With Mike
Langer's lead, we've started repairing all of the hydrants and gate valve risers that have
been identified to need repairs.
• Pete Neilsen has completed 723, of the over 800 missing curbstop ties, that are missing
from our curbstop ties catalog.
• Angela Hauge has been working on getting coordinates for the missing gate valves and
fire hydrants into our GIS mapping system, once complete she'll begin working on the
maps that are missing in the mapping system.
• The water department excavated and repaired a damaged fire hydrant isolation valve. We
had the part on hand and we used our own equipment to excavate the valve. By doing this
the water department saved approximately $5,000.
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The water department worked on the hydrant in Handke Pit for the Parks Department.
They've had a problem with it freezing up when they're done using it for flushing. We
cleaned out the drain and reinsulated the bottom of the hydrant.
Construction has begun on the new water main from Well #7 to the intersection of
County Rd 12 and County Rd 13 (Twin Lakes Parkway). The new water main will
improve our ability to push water to Natures Edge Business Park. The project will be
completed by November 1St
Attended the Minnesota American Water Works Association (MN AWWA) Annual
Conference September 10 -12 in Duluth, MN. The education report is attached.
ATTACHMENTS:
• September Pumping By Well
• Eric Volk Education Report
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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES EDUCATION / SEMINAR REPORT
DATE 10/15/2014
EMPLOYEE NAME Eric Volk
TITLE OF EDUCATION/ SEMINAR MN-AWWA Annual Conference Duluth
ORGANIZATION SPONSORING EDUCATION SEMINAR MN -AWWA
DATES ATTENDED 10 -12 September 2014
LOCATION Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center
WHY DID EMPLOYEE CHOOSE TO ATTEND To be refreshed and educated on the latest updates for
water filtration and distribution. Also presented on how well the ERMU Private Hydrant Program is doing.
Water Operators are also required to obtain a certain amount of CEUs each year.
WHAT INFORMATION WAS LEARNED BY ATTENDING Eric attended blocks of instruction pertaining
the latest testing requirements by the MDH fire flow testing SCADA Asset Management Metering,
frozen water services and arc flash safety. Eric also did a presentation on how well the private hydrant
maintenance program has been working for ERMU and its customers.
WAS INFORMATION CONVEYED TO SUPERVISOR AND CO- WORKERS AND TO WHO
Eric brought back some good ideas for maintenace to our water operators. He also talked to Troy about som
of the requirements we have for arc flash safety.
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