6.1.e. ERMUSR 08-11-2015 Elk 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:
August 11, 2015 6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
• Mike Langer will be receiving the MMUA Rising Star Award at the MMUA Summer
Conference Awards banquet on August 18. His dedication to the community and his
pursuit of perfection is the reason he will be receiving the Rising Star Award.
• Delivered nine new residential water meters, and the new water meter for Coachman
Ridge Apartments.
• Sealed the water meter, and took curb stop ties from nine water services.
• Turned on one water service, and one electric service.
• Went on five service calls.
• Completed 25 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples
o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria.
• Completed 20 routine fluoride samples
o All samples met MDH standards.
• We received multiple quotes from engineering firms for the Well#9 filter design that will
start this fall. After one of the firms decided to pull their quote, we chose SEH who had
the next lowest bid. The design will begin sometime in August and will go out for bids in
January 2016.
• Oliver Engineering will be moving forward with a survey of the Field Services Building
Property. At the same time, Kjolhaug Environmental Services will be completing the
wetland delineation of the property. Both of these things need to be done in order to
complete the field services space needs study.
• The water operators are moving along nicely with annual hydrant maintenance. They
should be done within the next month.
• We had two new fire hydrants installed on County Road One. They were installed in
conjunction with the county resurfacing project. Attached are the pictures.
• Verizon has decided to attach antennas to the Auburn Street Water Tower. The
installation should happen over the next six months.
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• The Street Department helped us out by painting the lines in our parking lot at the Field
Services Building(picture attached)and paving some open spaces at Well#2 (picture
attached).
• The Parks Department has also been helping out by trimming and removing trees,
mulching around trees, and completing some flail mowing for us.
• Well#5 failed on June 5. We are in discussions with the manufacturer on warranty
coverage. The VFD, dV/tV filter, and all of the wiring components have been tested. The
only failure that has been discovered is the motor. We are working towards 100%repair
coverage of the motor.
• We had the weather station moved to a different location in front of the field services
building. An interesting fact to note,the weather has been recorded in Elk River since
May 10, 1940; and the utility has been doing it since 1949. Since the weather station has
been in Elk River, we have received over 182 feet of rain. The highest temperature has
been recorded at 100 degrees and the lowest at-40 degrees in 1940. Attached are the July
2015 weather graphs.
• Angela Hauge attended the Minnesota Rural Water Association(MRWA) Line Tracing
Training in Medina,MN on July 22, 2015. Her education report is attached.
ATTACHMENTS:
• July Pumping By Well
• Photo—Old Hydrant on County Road 1
• Photo—New Hydrant on County Road 1
• Photo—ERMU Parking Lot Striping
• Photo—ERMU Well#2 Paving
• July 2015 Accumulated Precipitation Graph
• July 2015 Daily Temperature Data Graph
• Angela Hauge Education Report
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