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Regular City Council Meeting <br />January 12,2004 <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />filtration is at 31.1 MGD which is much higher than its rated capacity. They <br />projected about 28,800 residential water customers in 2025 with about 12,300 <br />connections. <br /> <br />Mr. Mussullam indicated the contract with Lamar County Water Supply <br />promises them up to 5 MGD. The study projected 25,000 population served <br />with about 10,000 connections in the county, excluding the City of Paris. He <br />stated that industrial customers, which includes Campbell's Soup, Kimberly- <br />Clark and Tenaska, and Lamar Power Partners, accounted for 50% of the total <br />production of the water treatment plant. Mr. Mussullam said this means the <br />plant is producing enough water for a 50,000 or 60,000 population. <br /> <br />In looking at the Water Treatment Plant demand analysis, Mr. Mussullam said <br />what is important is population projections, historical use of the customers, the <br />number of connections (because the TCEQ regulates the treatment plant <br />capacity based on the number of connections, which is .6 G per minute per <br />connection), contractual obligations, industrial and wholesale, which means <br />that the Water Treatment Plant should be capable of meeting the worse case <br />scenario water demand. Taking all that into consideration, the study came up <br />with a 32.3 MGD for 2025. <br /> <br />Mussullam cited a TCEQ ruling that when a plant has reached 85% of its <br />capacity, it has to start planning for expansion. That would be when the plant <br />reached 27.4 MGD which would be in about 2010. However, he reminded <br />them that the reliable capacity was only 20.0 MGD, so something needs to be <br />done to bring the capacity up to the projected MGD. <br /> <br />The study also projected, using the same criteria, that Lamar County Water will <br />need 9.4 MGD in 2005 and 11.52 in 2025. The plant will be under capacity if <br />this happens. <br /> <br />Upon a question from Councilwoman Neeley, Mr. Mussullam indicated that <br />if the sedimentation basins were fixed and there was no big increase in <br />demand, then the plant could stay in compliance for the next five to ten years. <br /> <br /> <br />