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City staff lift boil advisory after 10-inch water main split on Bridal; interconnect supplied about 150,000 gallons
Summary
A 10-inch water main split on Bridal prompted a boil advisory for Legacy Estates and Catalina Club that officials lifted after lab results; the city used an interconnect with the regional supplier to maintain service, drawing roughly 150,000 gallons.
The Pataskala City Utility Committee heard that a 10-inch water main split on Bridal on Friday, prompting a precautionary boil advisory for the Legacy Estates and Catalina Club neighborhoods that officials lifted after laboratory results returned favorable.
City utility staff said the break occurred on a 10-inch main on Bridal and that crews responded immediately. "We did issue a boil advisory for Legacy Estates and Catalina Club. We collected samples on Saturday, ran them up to the lab," a city utility staff member said, and the committee was told final results arrived the same day as the meeting, allowing the city to lift the advisory.
The advisory affected multiple neighborhoods. To preserve system pressure while crews worked, the city used an interconnect with the regional water supplier. A city utility staff member told the committee the interconnect kept six of the seven affected neighborhoods supplied and that the city pumped about 150,000 gallons through the interconnect during the incident.
On metering and accounting for that temporary supply, staff said the only meter the committee could reliably use for that event was the meter at the regional supplier's connection, and the city reads showed roughly 150,000 gallons used during the period. Committee members asked whether there is a standing rate for exchanges through the interconnect; staff said the charge is set by the city's cost-based CFP rate and that the arrangement uses the lower of the two providers' rates.
Committee members also asked whether the interconnect procedure needs periodic training as personnel change. The city utility staff member said staff will brief and train incoming employees on the interconnect procedure to ensure the process remains "seamless" if used again.
No formal action was taken by the committee during the update; the presentation was informational and centered on incident response, water accounting and ongoing operational training.
The committee moved on to other agenda items after the briefing.
