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