Water Treatment Plant Report- March 2008

MONTHLY OPERATING REPORT
HARBOR BEACH WATER TREATMENT PLANT
March 2008

Highlights for the Month

• The plant processed 32.753 million gallons of raw water in March, sending 30.136 million gallons of treated water into the distribution system. During the previous month 30.586 million gallons of raw water were processed.

• The maximum daily flow recorded was 1.326 million gallons.

• The minimum daily flow recorded was 0.879 million gallons.

• The average daily flow as 1.057 million gallons.

• The plant used 44,960 Kilowatt-hours of electricity.

• 799.5 pounds of 23%Fluoride were used to treat the water.

• 9.066 pounds of Alum were used to treat the water.

• 546 pounds of Chlorine were used to disinfect the water.

Special Note

We held a meeting on March 24 at City Hall with the distribution operators for the communities supplied by the Harbor Beach plant. The primary focus of the meeting was to discuss emergency actions and to present a draft of the plant's contingency plan. Attending the meeting in addition to the operators from Harbor Beach, Port Hope, Sand Beach Township, Huron Township, and Forestville were Tom Youatt and Tom Wood (City of Harbor Beach), Wade Mazure and Jim Kucharczyk (Sand Beach Township), and Steve Ashford (District Engineer MDEQ). We discussed the contingency plan, reviewed the prepared phone tree for emergencies, and provided an update on the alarm dailer at the plant. We reached an agreement on the methods to notify the public via specific radio stations, television cable channel, and phone messaging. We added these to the contingency plan. Everyone agreed that good communication is the key to protecting our communities and providing them the best service possible. The group also committing themselves to meeting on a regular basis to better attain these goals.