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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Dave Ninow — Water Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
February 13, 2024
6.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Delivered 7 new water meters, installed a Smart Point module, and took curb stop ties.
• Completed 20 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples
o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria
o Bacteriological/Disinfectant Residual Monthly Report submitted to the MDH
• Completed 21 routine fluoride samples
o All samples met MDH standards
o Submitted MDH Fluoride Report
• Submitted Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) to the Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency (MPCA) for the Water Treatment Plants.
• Submitted DMR to the MPCA for the Diesel Generation Plant.
• Completed and submitted the Water Treatment Plant Residual Solids Annual Report to
the MPCA.
• Work has been completed replacing the programable logic controller (PLC) for well 3.
This will allow for the transition of our Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
system from communicating through radio to fiberoptic and increase the reliability of
our SCADA system.
• Utility staff have been working with city staff and the contractor for the fiber loop
expansion on installation of lateral lines to wells 5, 7, 8, 9, as well as Auburn and
Johnson water towers.
• A contractor has been selected to install mixing equipment and perform maintenance
work at Auburn Tower this spring, the contract price is $51,100. This project is included
in the 2024 water capital budget.
• The water operators have continued to work on the annual preventative maintenance
of our water treatment plants.
ATTACHMENTS:
• January 2024 Pumping by Well
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