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Trenton officials outline multi-pronged plan to address persistent water loss
Summary
City staff told the Trenton City Council the system is losing a large share of produced water and described steps including new equipment, hiring a leak-detection technician, meter replacements and targeted service-line work to reduce losses and avoid EPA enforcement.
David (service department) told the Trenton City Council on May 1 that the city continues to experience high water loss and described steps staff are taking to find and fix leaks.
City staff presented the scope of the problem and a sequence of remedies the city has adopted and plans to expand, including hired leak-detection surveys, purchase of correlation equipment with Ohio EPA grant support, consolidating meter reading into a single monthly read, replacement of aging meters, targeted hydrant and service-line surveys and a proposed program to move certain residential meters to pits near the street.
The service department official said the problem predates his tenure: “you have 30 to 40% water loss, and you need to deal with it.” He said some distribution lines are manufactured plastic (described in the meeting as “Bluemax”/purple plastic) with a known history of leaks and litigation. He described the…
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