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Operations superintendent reports pump failures, radio upgrades and clear initial UCMR5 PFAS results
Summary
Operations supervisor Jeff Kane reviewed system operations, an unplanned well motor/pump replacement, a 900 MHz radio upgrade to improve SCADA connectivity, and reported that initial UCMR5 sampling showed PFAS below reporting limits; an anomalous lithium detection will be investigated.
Jeff Kane, the water operations superintendent, gave the commission a broad operations update that covered staffing, system assets, recent repairs and water-quality monitoring. "We're responsible for the operations and maintenance of the Oro Valley and the countryside potable system," Kane said, detailing roughly 46 active well sites, reservoirs, booster stations and more than 21,000 metered service connections.
Kane described an unplanned failure at a vertical-turbine well where a coupling wore and…
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