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Seymour staff report rising water losses, aging tanks and planned repairs
Summary
City staff told the council the reverse-osmosis water plant is tracking roughly 30 million gallons lost annually, several tanks and chemical-feed pumps need work, and options for bypassing the raw-water tank remain costly.
John Davis, the city’s reverse osmosis plant supervisor, told the Seymour City Council on June 19 that maintenance needs and unseen leaks are driving large annual water losses.
Davis said the plant’s two finished-water tanks received interior recoating late in 2024 and will likely need exterior recoating within one to two years. He said the raw-water tank will need an interior redo within three to five years and that the plant lacks a permanent bypass for that tank, which “would put us out of water production” if the tank failed.
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