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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />Feb. 18, 2003 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />accomplished, the number of employees became stable and they have not <br />changed. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata questioned the increase of chemicals in the Lift Station's <br />budget in 1997-98. Mr. Campbell explained that the city did an $800,000.00 <br />study by ADS because the EPA told the City to do it. He said that personnel <br />in Terry Townsend's departments and some contractors repaired a lot of leaks <br />in the pipelines. The city had an inflow/infiltration problem. Due to these <br />repairs cutting out the water that was getting in the system, the sewer system <br />started slowing down and it started developing sewer gas in the system. <br />Chemicals were purchased to pump into the system to negate the odor. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata gave the Committee and those present a handout comparing <br />Paris with Denison, Sulphur Springs, Sherman, Mt. Pleasant, and Greenville. <br />He said his perception of the comparison is that Paris had a little bit too many <br />employees in these departments. Mr. Campbell explained that not all of those <br />people in the sewer treatment plant are out there, like the Environmental <br />Division which has four people in it. There is a laboratory with four people in <br />it and those are all included in that department. Mr. Campbell advised that the <br />cities that have been compared with the City of Paris do not put out the amount <br />of water that this city does. <br /> <br />Mr. Campbell drew the attention of the Committee to page nine which is a <br />comparison data sheet taken from the website of the Texas Commission on <br />Environmental Quality. He said this commission inspects plants and then gives <br />details about the plants. He said page seven needs to be discussed with the <br />Committee. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson wanted to know on the average daily flow how much of that is <br />taken by Campbell Soup and how much is taken by Lamar County Water <br />Supply District. Mr. Campbell said that Campbell Soup uses 3.5% of the daily <br />flow, Lamar County Water Supply about 2.2%, citizens take 3.5% and leakage <br />accounts for 17%. Mr. Johns questioned the 17% being leakage instead of <br /> <br /> <br />