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Wastewater superintendent presses reuse-water option, plant work session requested
Summary
Wastewater Superintendent Daniel Paxton outlined plant priorities and raised reuse-water as a possible joint project with Parks; Paxton reported current daily flow figures, sludge-removal costs and asked for additional resources; council requested a spending spreadsheet and a work session on the plant.
Wastewater Superintendent Daniel Paxton told the council that the wastewater treatment plant must remain the department's primary focus and raised reuse-water as a near-term priority for the city.
Paxton said the system includes five lift stations and that regular testing is combined with well checks; he said reuse-water would require a pump on the contact chamber to deliver treated water to the park and suggested a possible joint venture with the Parks department. Paxton reported chemicals budgeted at $40,000 should be adequate and said sludge removal to date totaled $14,700. On flows, the transcript records that the "daily flow was currently 200,000 gallons," which Paxton cited in explaining why a reuse option and plant review would be timely.
Councilmember Houston Marchman and Public Works Director John Gomez asked for a spreadsheet on spending to date and Mayor Bruce Alexander and others suggested a separate work session on the wastewater treatment plant to allow more detailed review; no formal action was taken July 9.
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