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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE WATER & SEWER RATE STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE March 12, 1991 The Water & Sewer Rate Study Advisory Committee met, Tuesday, March 12, 1991, 5:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, City Hall, Paris, Texas. Chairman Billy Joe Burnett called the meeting to order with the following members present: Councilman E. W. (Bill) Booth, Councilman George Fisher, Jr., Director of Utilities, Herb Campbell, City Engineer, Earl Smith, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, and City Manager, Michael E. Malone. Also present was City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham. Chairman Burnett announced the purpose of the meeting was to receive briefing from Keith Reed, a partner in Reed -Stowe & Company that has been engaged to conduct a Water and Wastewater Rate Study for the City of Paris. Mr. Reed said this would be an informal meeting that he would not talk dollars and cents, but wanted to tell the Committee of some of thing that has developed since 1988. Mr. Reed told the Committee that they see new and continuing problems, one is the amount of infiltration /inflow that is getting back into the sewer lines that has to be treated, this amounts to approximately 40% volume from outside. The discharge is slightly less than before, and with the work that City Engineer, Earl Smith, has in process, should reduce the volume substantially. Councilman Burnett questioned Mr. Reed if we were getting most of the infiltration /Inflow from the older part of town, rain water, and on the loop. Mr. Reed told the Committee there was some infiltration /inflow from the older part of the City, rain water, and the loop, but this would only be a fraction of the problem. City Engineer, Earl Smith, said he feel that something that is going on is when we remodeled the lift station, we were not metering the lift station's bypasses, and now we are which would account for some of the increased volume. Mr. Reed pointed out the fact that some of the problems we are experiencing is in the outfall lines between the flow basin and the treatment plant, stating there is a 30% infiltration /inflow there. Mr. Reed said he was aware of the S. E. Lift station line replacement which will eliminate infiltration /inflow, and this is something that we have to work on. Mr. Reed discussed water metering problem telling the Committee that there is a 20% loss of water in the system, and is a problem that need attention. Mr. Reed pointed out that we have two customers that is on one 33 inch line, and when it leaks you know about it, and stated there is no leakage there. Mr. Reed pointed out there is 2.8 million gallons of water lost which would indicate a major metering problem at