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Regular City Council Meeting <br />January 12,2004 <br />Page 11 <br /> <br />Mr. Mussullam went over various regulations that the Water Treatment Plant <br />has to be in compliance with. <br /> <br />The study compared cities with comparable water treatment plants to review <br />their staffing. There is a recommended minimum of 2 operators per shift, so <br />there will be a back-up in case of emergencies. He said, currently, the City of <br />Paris has 2 operators on the day shifts, but only one operator on the night shift. <br />Freese and Nichols has determined during their studies that the newer plants <br />take less maintenance personnel and the old plants take more maintenance <br />personnel. Because the Paris plant is not a new plant, it takes more <br />maintenance personnel. Taking an average between the older and newer plants, <br />the study came up with a figure of 6.8 maintenance for a treatment plant the <br />size of Paris. <br />Also because of various duties of the maintenance personnel, the study showed <br />Paris to be short one maintenance person. <br /> <br />Mr. Mussullam said the recommended improvements were divided into three <br />phases. Phase 1, the most critical, would bring the Water Treatment Plant to <br />its reliable capacity of 32.3 MGD. He indicated they would need to replace the <br />rapid mixers, add the sedimentation basins, and add the chlorine injector after <br />the filters to add flexibility to the disinfection scheme. Mr. Mussullam <br />estimated the cost of Phase 1 to be about $3,450,000. <br /> <br />He continued with Phase 2, which consisted of relocating chlorinators and <br />constructing a barrier wall around the chlorine storage for safety, and also <br />constructing a 200,000 gallon elevated storage tank to improve the backwash <br />water supply. <br /> <br />Phase 3, Mr. Mussullam explained, included replacing the filter under-drains, <br />most of which were installed in 1966, installing air-scour to improve filter <br />performance and efficiency, and constructing a building for the air-scour. <br /> <br />Councilwoman Neeley asked for clarification on the sedimentation basins in <br />Phase 1, and asked if he had said the four existing basins needed to be repaired. <br /> <br /> <br />