Town Manager's Report
December  2004

Prepared by David Haller

STREETS:

• Staff repaired street lights on East & West Main Street
• Staff Installed a new stop sign at East Lincoln Ave & Chesapeake St.
• Staff Cleaned East & West Main Street
• Staff Decorated the Community Center for Christmas

WATER:

• Staff replaced the multi-media in the roughing filters with sand & anthracite and those filters are continuing to operate much better
• Staff is working with the rehab contractor related to the 500,000 gal. storage tank and the recoating of the interior of that tank
• Staff has taken the drinking water lead & copper samples as a follow-up to the January-June 2004 period samples
• The contractor has completed the demolition of the old water treatment plant
• Water production & Consumption:  We produced and purchased an average of 33,390 gpd.  We consumed an average of 327,706 gpd.  Up due to a major leak at the Provincial House.  The difference is "Back wash water" --- (2%).  Due to the rehab of the 500,000 gal storage tank we purchased 1,779,530 gals. of water from MSM this month.
• 52% of this water came from wells; 21% came from Mt. St. Mary's and 27% came from Rainbow Lake.

WASTEWATER

• Staff has been performing general/seasonal maintenance at the wastewater treatment plan.
• Staff has been preparing equipment for snow removal
• We received 3.9 inches of rain this month
• We did have two sewerage spills in the month of December --12/09 & 12/10 .. 35,000 gal., and 12/24 .. 6,000 gal. 
• Wastewater Treatment:  We treated an average of 765,000 gpd (consumed 327,706 gpd).  Which means that 57% of the wastewater treated this month was "wild water"
• We did exceed the plants design capacity on 9 days in the month of December:
  • 12/01 -- 1,391,000 gal.
  • 12/02 --   853,000 gals.
  • 12/07 --   825,000 gal.       
  • 12/09 -- 1,670,000 gal.
  • 12/10 -- 2,296,000 gals.
  • 12/11 -- 1,154,000 gal.        
  • 12/12 --   803,000 gal.
  • 12/23 -- 1,520,000 gals.
  • 12/24 --    920,000 gal.

 TRASH

• Trash pickup days will be Monday & Thursday for the month of January

PARKS

• Staff is performing standard winter maintenance

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