A local Board of Education has requested water and sewer service for a proposed school near the WP campus, and Utility Board staff said they are still calculating whether the existing system can meet the school's projected demands.

Staff reported the school developer provided projected water use of about 6,072 gallons per day and a fire-suppression demand of 500 gallons per minute at 55 pounds per square inch. The manager said the system currently feeds the WP campus, Forest Hills and Woodland, and he has not yet completed the hydraulic calculations to confirm whether the system can supply the requested fire-flow without upgrades.

An engineering task order with Burgess & Niple had been approved earlier to study wastewater/sewer capacity for the property; staff said the firm provided some calculation results only recently and that additional work is needed to translate those numbers into a formal mainline extension recommendation.

Staff said the board will consider either a mainline extension agreement or an alternate mainline extension agreement governed by Public Service Commission rules (sections cited as 7.4 and 7.5 in the meeting). Staff forecast they should have an answer at the next meeting and will discuss how the Public Service Commission rules affect a mainline extension agreement.