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- Council meeting&prep - Working on cross training staff with Water/WW Utilities—PRASD - Remainder of our spring training events we registered for were canceled (COVID— 19) Compiled and submitted by Pequot Lakes Public Works Director Jason Gorr Please direct questions to: (612)810-9478 or jgorr@pequotlakes-mn.gov Water Deqt. Facility Performance for February 2020: Flow Average daily gallons pumped: 91,000 gallons Maximum daily gallons pumped: 128,000 gallons Minimum daily gallons pumped: 56,000 gallons Total monthly gallons pumped: 2,547,000 gallons Lab Average daily chlorine concentration: 0.32 (mg/1) *Recommended chlorine concentration: 0.2 to 0.5 mg/1 Average daily fluoride concentration: 0.86 (mg/1) *Recommended fluoride concentration: 0.5 mg/1 to 0.9 mg/1 Wastewater Deqt. Facilitv Performance for Februarv 2020: Flow Average Daily Flow: 59,800 gallons (Design— 121,795 gaUday) Maximum Daily Flow: 66,700 gallons Minimum Daily Flow: 53,303 gallons Total Monthly Flow: 1,734,300 gallons Operations Reqort 1) Water treatment facility inspections were completed daily. 2) Wastewater facility and lift station checks were done every Mon., Wed., and Fri. 3) Monthly lift station maintenance (check amps, clean floats, inspect wet well, etc) was completed on 3/16. 4) Weekly water testing was completed. 5) Water meters were read on 3/24. 6) Monthly fluoride report was submitted to Minnesota Department of Health on 3/6. 7) Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report for the WWTP was submitted to MPCA on 3/6. 8) Quarterly Discharge Monitoring Report for the WTP was submitted to MPCA on 3/10. 9) The few accounts in the City that were running their water to keep from freezing will be notified that they can stop. 10)A couple small repairs were made at the City's water treatment facility in mid-March following an inspection by MDH Drinking Water Protection Staff. A slow leak was repaired on a chemical feed line and a new break box was installed for the fluoride feed pump. 11)Jake Freeman replaced a bad diaphragm on the potassium permanganate feed pump at the WTP a couple weeks ago. Pot-perm is used for oxidation of iron and manganese. 12)The City's water meter-reading handheld device is obsolete and in need of replacement. Dean Eilertson w/Core and Main has provided us with a proposal on upgrading to a model that will offer continued support for the foreseeable future. 13)PRASD operators were called to a business on Second St. on March 12th for a sewer backup. After inspection, it was determined that the City's line was open and the business contacted a plumber to clear their service line.