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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />May 15, 2003 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />of 2000, but he would check the records. City Manager Malone wanted to <br />know who gave Chairman Plata this information. Chairman Plata said he was <br />there the other morning just looking and he asked what was going on and the <br />person said that all ora sudden Mr. Campbell wanted this cleaned and said they <br />had not cleaned this in seven years. Mr. Campbell advised that this person has <br />been working for the city for about six months and he did not know how he <br />would have that type information. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata questioned the information regarding the mandate to prevent <br />the contamination of the drinking water, saying that this mandate does not <br />really apply, and that staff is saying that it might happen. If you do not have <br />the sludge equipment looked at, you are saying it is a possibility that <br />contamination might get in our drinking water. Mr. Campbell said sure, it <br />might get in when they repair a water leak. Chairman Plata said the mandate <br />does not specifically point out that you have to get equipment and clean this <br />out. Mr. Campbell stated that they do not tell the city how to do the mandates, <br />they just want you to meet their requirements and you have to figure it out on <br />your on. Chairman Plata stated that all he gets out of it is that you need to <br />prevent the contamination of the drinking water where recycled backwash <br />water is involved. Councilwoman Neeley wanted to know if the backwash <br />water is the water that is being recycled. Mr. Campbell said that it was, along <br />with the dump from the basin and all of the wastewater in the plant. She asked <br />whether when the sludge was being sprayed on the fields had this ever come <br />close to happening. Mr. Campbell said it sure had and when the turbidity gets <br />out they will shut it down. He said that you can talked to some of the people <br />that are here today, because they are the ones who does the work, and that was <br />before the new rule came into effect. Mr. Campbell stressed that the city can <br />not afford to let it get as deep as it has been getting because of the new rule. <br />They did not have a backwash recycle rule in place until this year, but the city <br />has been doing this for seven to eight years and it saves money. He quoted <br />$66,000.00 and actually saved about twice as much when they used the new <br />figures that Mr. Anderson provided. <br /> <br />City Manager Malone said it goes without saying that the City of Paris has not <br /> <br /> <br />