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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />Feb. 18, 2003 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />process is designed today. He said they have added a four million gallon ground <br />storage tank, four additional pumps, and a meter and they have totally <br />reconditioned those two tanks. Mr. Campbell pointed out the meters for <br />Tenaska III, Lamar County Water Supply, Campbell Soup, one that feeds back <br />to the Water Treatment Plant, one meter that goes to Lake Crook Park, and a <br />meter that go to some homes on Lake Crook Road. Mr. Campbell went back to <br />page three pointing out that if they wanted to put water in those two storage <br />tanks they had to open a little valve called a CV and they actually let water out <br />back down to ground storage for storing water so they could pump it back up. <br />He stated that was not the best way to operate. He said this process was <br />changed in 1994. Now it is pumped at low pressure and to all three of those <br />tanks at ground storage and then, it takes six pumps to pump it to the <br />distribution system. Mr. Campbell advised that they have a total of eight <br />million gallons of storage at ground level. It is then pumped to the two elevated <br />storage tanks. One is a one million gallon tank which is located on 25th NE and <br />the other is a half million gallon storage tank that is on 5th NW. Mr. Campbell <br />advised that there is a two and one-half million gallon elevated storage tank <br />under construction on Bonham Street. Mr. Campbell further explained that in <br />the old days every time people wanted more water all they had to do is turn the <br />pumps up at the Water Treatment Plant. They would pump up and pump down <br />and that is not good for the filters, because every time the flow is increased it <br />surges the filters and lets more dirt come through. At that time, there were more <br />turbidity units allowed by regulations and it was not a real problem. He said <br />when regulations were changed to require a half of a turbidity unit, turbidity <br />became a bigger problem; now it is down to three tenths which is a real <br />problem. A turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of the water. <br /> <br />Mr. Campbell explained that page five has a chart showing the average daily <br />flow. He advised that the bottom line is the billion gallons per year that they <br />pumped and it has been over four billion since 1987. <br /> <br />Mr. Johns questioned the seven meters that go to Lamar County Water Supply <br />District. Mr. Campbell said that Lamar has an option to take their water at <br /> <br /> <br />