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Epping water operator reports 208,000 gpd average; hydrant flushing, valve work and pump-station maintenance planned
Summary
Water Operator Anthony Shea reported average production of about 208,000 gallons per day and began spring hydrant flushing and gate-valve exercising; Sewer Operator Bruce Baine reported balanced treatment-train conditions, ongoing sump-pump inspections, a 5,000 gpd septage agreement with DES, and upcoming pump-station cleaning and valve replacements.
Water Operator Anthony Shea told the Water & Sewer Commission on May 5 that the system produced an average of about 208,000 gallons per day and that spring hydrant flushing has begun. Shea said the crew is exercising gate valves and scheduled a Hoar Pond walk-through for the following day at 11:00 a.m. Vice Chairman Tom Dwyer asked that the Department of Public Works be notified prior to valve exercising, noting valves can break during the process.
Sewer Operator Bruce Baine reported that flows and dissolved-oxygen levels are balanced across all three treatment trains. He said residential sump-pump inspections are continuing, with 155 completed and 22 scheduled; a second batch of letters has been mailed to homeowners. Baine also recorded an agreement with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) for acceptance of 5,000 gallons per day of septage. He said the Mill Street and 125 pump stations will be cleaned next week and that the three-way valves at those stations will be replaced.
