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Council hears water‑system repair and chlorine‑feed upgrades; bids planned to meet EPA deadline
Summary
Council received first readings for Auburn water‑tank repairs and repainting and for replacing outdoor chlorine cylinders with a sodium hypochlorite feed system to meet EPA requirements; the tank repaint will not disrupt service and the chlorine project uses OPWC grant funds and targets an early‑2027 compliance deadline.
Water Superintendent Orin McMonigle briefed Council on two related water‑system projects during first readings Jan. 20.
He said the Auburn tank — a half‑million‑gallon facility on Auburn Road in front of the hospital last painted in 1992 — needs structural changes and repainting because its coating has failed after 20–30 years; the City plans to paint it Painesville green and does not expect service disruptions because two tanks serve the area.
McMonigle also described an EPA compliance matter: the plant historically stored two‑ton chlorine cylinders outdoors, a configuration now triggering federal concern. The City plans to convert to sodium hypochlorite (a liquid disinfectant) and construct an enclosed chlorine room and feed system; the change should remove the plant's need for an EPA risk‑management plan under federal clean‑air rules. Partial funding for the project is expected from an OPWC grant, but grant disbursement timing may mean bidding occurs before funds arrive to meet the EPA timetable (deadline early 2027). The resolutions were introduced on first reading and will return for further action.
