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Council studies public-works maintenance plan as sewer flows, dryer outage and headworks expansion are detailed
Summary
Public-works staff told the council their maintenance work will focus on inflow and infiltration reductions, basin rehab and a planned headworks expansion; staff said a sludge dryer outage has forced hauling and that parts are due next month.
Brent, a public-works presenter, told the City Council on Feb. 24 that seasonal shifts drive maintenance priorities: sewer system I&I work is concentrated in summer when flows fall and water-system work increases in winter. "Flows go down to roughly 1,100,000 on average for the summer months," he said, and "we hit over 4" in December, a fluctuation staff said is driven by inflow from roof drains, leaky pipes and groundwater.
The presentation identified three basins that remain original and one smaller basin at preliminary design; two larger basins (Mountain View and Angleside) may be split into multiple projects. Brent…
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