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City seeks engineering help to investigate leaking pools and to rehabilitate Pequana Water Treatment Plant
Summary
City staff described contracts to hire engineering services for HVAC and construction administration at the Pequana Water Treatment Plant and a study into water loss at municipal pools that is sending potable water into the sewer system; officials said the investigation should be completed in the off‑season and will not close pools this summer.
The council heard from the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities about two professional service contracts and an investigation into water loss affecting municipal pools.
Director Adeim (Department of Water and Sewer Utilities) told the council that an HVAC contract and a construction administration contract will support rehabilitation work at the Pequana Water Treatment Plant. The department also reported that metering and analysis had identified several city pools losing water into the sewer system: Eastwood Pool was losing about seven inches of water per day, Ball And Street Pool about four inches, and JFK Pool about three and a half inches per day. The department said the city is metering flow to Passaic Valley and has traced the extra flow into the pool systems.
The department asked for professional services to identify and locate leaks and said the work should be scheduled during the summer because the pools are full, making it the best time to trace leaks. Officials emphasized the investigation is intended to determine leak sources so repairs can be planned and scheduled in the off‑season; there was no statement the investigation would require pool closures this season.
Council members asked whether the contracts or investigation would increase this year’s costs; the director provided order‑of‑magnitude estimates for the service contracts (thousands of dollars each) and said the pool leak investigation money would cover the diagnostic work needed to locate losses.
Ending — diagnostics now, repairs later
Officials said the pool investigations will allow planned repairs in the off‑season, and that rehabilitation work at the Pequana plant would proceed under the proposed professional service agreements. Council requested confirmation of contract amounts and the administration said it would supply that information.
