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Proposal Comprehensive Water Distribution System Audit Sect/on 5 Project Understanding Approach P r o.ie ct the major objective of this project is to identi~ the sources of the unbilled water. In order to incorporate the results of this U ndersta nd i n g project into the on-going rate study, the time frame for completing this project is two to three months. Background TheCityofParis, TexosislocatedinnortheastTexasin Lamar The City's distribution system is shown as a simplified County, as indicated in Figure 1. The city is in the schematicdiagram in Figure 3. The system currently has geographical center of the county and is approximately 16 9,900 hilled accounts, and provides water to 174 meters milessouthoftheRedRiver. Porisis9OmiJessouthwestof thatare~o-inchesorlarger. Additionally, theLamarCounty Texarkana, and ] 05 miles northeast of Dallas.Water Supply Corporation is a relatively large customer of the City of Paris. The residential/commercial customers The population of Paris is 25,898 based on the 2000 averagedoilyconsumpi'ionwas2.6milliongallonsduring Census data. The historical population data for Paris and the previous year. For a cilywith a population of 25,898, Lamar County are presented in Figure 2. Lamar County this is equal to a per capita consumption of 100 gpcd, experienced rapid growth through 1920, and then whichisveryreasonabJe. experienced declining population until ] 960, at which time a steady population increase began again. LlnbiJled, or unaccounted for, water can be the result of a number of di~erent factors including: The population of Paris bas been steadily growing. The trend analysis indicates that Paris has added approximately '~' Customersthat are not metered: 187 people per year since 1850. This normally translates to approximately 60 new houses per year. Much of the · Parks growth can be attributed tothe steedyinfJux of manufaduring · Water main flushing into the City of Paris. The City has several large employers · Fire protection including Campbell Soup, Kimberly-Clark, Sara Lee, and · Construction Turner International Piping. Additionally, the health care · Street washing industry is a large employer in the City. · City irrigation The City experienced a major fire in1916, and all ofthe ~' Leakageinthesystem downtown area was reportedly lost. The CBD was reconstructed, and most of the water lines in the central '~' Inaccurate meters portion of the city were constructed during the 1920's. ~ inaccurate billing so,are Project Background The City is currently experiencing on unacceptably high * Meters that have been pulled and replaced with amount of unbilJed watedn the drinking water system, and jumpers Carter Burgess 5