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<br />,r- <br /> <br />Division 82 <br />Water Production <br /> <br />The Director of Utilities is the administrative officer responsible for this division of the Utilities <br />Department. Funding for this activity is available through the Water and Sewer Fund. Personnel of <br />this division are responsible for supplying the water needs of the citizens of Paris and also, through <br />wholesale contracts with the Lamar County Water Supply District and MJC Water Supply <br />Corporation, the citizens of Lamar County and western Red River County. The primary water supply <br />is Pat Mayse Lake. We also take water as needed from Lake Crook. All water is treated by personnel <br />at the water treatment plant located at Lake Crook to meet the exacting and ever changing standards <br />of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation <br />Commission, and the Texas Department of Health before distribution. Personnel in this Division are <br />also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the raw water pumps and raw water intake <br />structures at Pat Mayse Lake and Lake Crook, the two elevated water storage tanks, the ground <br />storage tanks and pumping station, the sludge disposal system adjacent to the Water Treatment <br />Plant, Lake Crook Dam, and for answering after hours water and sewer emergency calls and <br />dispatching of the appropriate personnel. <br /> <br />----. <br /> <br />Division 83 <br />Water Distribution <br /> <br />The Director of Public Works is the administrative officer responsible for this division of the Public <br />Works Department funded out of the Water and Sewer Fund. Employees of this division are <br />responsible for the maintenance and operation of the water distribution system within the city, <br />including major water mains, smaller water mains, service lines, and fIre hydrants and valves. <br />Employees maintain approximately 182.44 miles of water lines and 907 fIre hydrants and install, <br />repair, and calibrate a total of 9,896 residential and commercial water meters used in the water <br />distribution system. <br /> <br />Division 85 <br />Sewer Maintenance <br /> <br />The Director of Public Works is the administrative officer responsible for this division of the Public <br />Works Department funded out of the Water and Sewer Fund. Employees of this division are <br />responsible for the maintenance and operation of all wastewater collection lines within the city <br />limits, maintaining approximately 188.26 miles of gravity sewer lines, 9.28 miles of pressure sewer <br />lines and 2,000 manholes. <br /> <br />r- <br /> <br />8 <br />