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Public Service committee authorizes bidding for sodium hypochlorite feed system replacement at water plant
Summary
The Public Service Committee approved consent to advertise for bids and award contracts to replace the sodium hypochlorite feed system used in drinking-water treatment, citing aging tanks and equipment and local manufacturing of the chemical.
The Public Service Committee voted to authorize public advertising for bids and to permit award of contracts to replace the sodium hypochlorite feed system at the city’s water plant.
Chris Lotto, Director of Public Service, told the committee the feed system and associated components — including bulk and day-storage tanks, transfer pumps, metering pumps, plumbing and HVAC equipment — are more than 20 years old and beyond their useful life. Lotto said the city uses about 725,000 gallons of sodium hypochlorite annually (about 1,500 gallons per day) and that the new tanks under consideration would hold about 60,000 gallons. He said Akron’s system converted from chlorine gas to liquid sodium hypochlorite in February 2003.
Lotto said the sodium hypochlorite used in the system is manufactured in Seville, Ohio, and that tariffs would not affect the local sourcing for the city’s supply. The committee approved the item on consent after a motion and second and a voice vote in favor.
No technical amendments were proposed at the meeting; a city representative seated with Lotto offered to answer detailed technical questions as needed.
