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Staff outlines water-supply limits and proposes pump-control upgrades to protect 150-year-old mains
Summary
Staff told the committee the water plant can produce 3,000,000 gpd on paper but gravity and delivery constraints limit reliable supply to roughly 1.1–1.5M gpd; staff proposed installing a variable frequency drive on the Clovard/Greenwood pump station to regulate flow and protect old mains.
Staff member told the committee the system's diversion rights and physical limits differ: "we have permission to divert 2,500,000 gallons from the Taconic Creek and New Forge Road every day to the reservoir," but the practical maximum delivered to the plant is roughly 1.1–1.5 million gallons per day because of gravity-fed delivery and head differentials.
The staff presentation described the Clovard (Greenwood) pump station with two 200-horsepower pumps and said introducing a variable frequency drive (VFD) would let staff run high-capacity pumps at reduced speeds to increase flow without creating pressure surges that could damage century-old mains. Staff connected the VFD concept to an expected grant application and public-hearing steps and cautioned that very large users (for example, a 500,000 gpd fish farm) would require separate infrastructure protections and approvals.
