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Public utilities: no lead service lines found so far; pump station work and water-main lining continue
Summary
Director Bill Norton said Arcadis verification has found no lead service lines in initial checks, the East Road pump station construction is scheduled for late fall, and water-main cleaning and lining should wrap up by mid-to-late October.
Bill Norton, director of public utilities, said the city's consulting engineer Arcadis is verifying self-reported lead or galvanized service lines and "to date, we've still not found any lead within Meriden." Norton said about 30 properties self-reported possible lead or galvanized lines; Arcadis has verified five to date and those were copper.
Norton said the department has completed about 400 pothole-based verifications of service lines and intends to do an additional 400 checks to validate its model so the city can avoid replacing an estimated 17,000 lines unnecessarily. He said the East Road pump station construction is scheduled for late fall, depending on deliveries, and the contractor Tucker Mechanical will install pumps, motors and electrical panels with the construction expected to take four to six months once materials arrive.
Norton also reported the city signed a proposal with Wright-Pierce for carbon-dioxide cover replacement design and that the water main cleaning and lining program (including North Pearl, Clinton, Murray and other streets) is expected to wrap up in mid-to-late October. He noted the hydrant-flushing program for the year is complete and will resume next spring.
Committee members thanked Norton for his service and noted tomorrow would be his last day in the role; Norton told the committee reservoir levels are healthy and no conservation measures were required at this time though operators continue to monitor conditions.
