|
|
Town Manager's
Report August 2006
Prepared by
David Haller
Streets:
- Staff painted the center
line in Silo Hill Parkway
- Staff has repaired a
number of street lights
- Staff repaired the speed
bumps on West North Avenue and Chesapeake Avenue
- Staff installed street
address signs at the pumping station and the
wastewater treatment plant
Water:
- Staff is continuing to
inject
coagulant treatment into the raw water line from
Rainbow Lake at Well #3 in an effort to improve the
performance of the roughing filters.
- The roughing filters are
being backwashed twice everyday and the DE filters are also
being done two or three times everyday
- Water production and
consumption. We produced and purchased an
average of 383,686 gpd. We consumed an average
of 349,303 gpd.
- The difference is
"Backwash Water" ...(9.0%). We purchased
388,900 gals. of water from MSM this month.
- 60.8% of this water
came from wells
- 3.3% of this
water came from Mt. St. Mary's
- 35.9% of this water
came from Rainbow Lake
Wastewater:
- Staff replaced the
solenoid and batteries in the sludge truck.
They also dewatered Lagoon No. 2 in preparation for
de-sludging
- We received about 1.7
inches of precipitation this month (the average is
3.60 inches)
- We are 5.6" short on
precipitation over the last six months. The
average precipitation for the period from March 1
thru August 31 is 23.80" and we have received
18.2"
- Wastewater Treatment:
- We treated an average
of 290,000 gpd (consumed 349,303 gpd) which means
that 0.0% of the wastewater treated this month was
"wild water"
- We did not exceeded the
plant's design capacity on any days in the Month of
July
Trash:
- Trash pickup days will
remain Monday & Thursday for the month of August
Parks:
- Staff has been
performing standard mowing & trimming
- Staff re-mulched the
playground equipment in Memorial and Community Parks
- Staff performed weed
killing at ballfields
- Staff installed a
new water line in Community Park to serve the new
(under construction) bathrooms
Meetings
Attended:
- 08/15 South Seton Ave -
water & sewer rehab project
- 08/28 South Seton Ave -
water & sewer rehab project
- 08/28 Chris Jakubiak
& Mt. St. Mary's to discuss comp plan
- 08/30 Mayor Hoover &
Don Briggs to discuss site parking
- 08/30 Mayor Hoover &
Seton Center to discuss water service
- 08/31 Frederick County P&Z to discuss
dog problem in Pembrook
- 08/31 With engineers for
new ambulance company bldg. to discuss water &
sewer connection design
problem
- 09/05 BOCC related to
review fees and county transportation plan
List of prior months' Town Manager's reports |
|
|
|
|