During
the debate on the need to increase water department revenue and
quotes from a paid consultant about how to do so, I heard not one
word about about the 130 million gallon gorilla in the closet.
Yes I30 million gallons of treated
water per year has gone missing. This loss is equal to a football
field sized pool 30 feet deep.
Some
leakage is to be expected but In my uneducated opinion a 24% loss
rate is more than just excessive.
a.
The loss represents thousands of dollars per year in wasted treatment
costs. The market value is over $700,000.
b.
This information needs to be confirmed and if it is found to be
valid, action should be taken as outlined in the included internet
link.
We
are actually wasting 162 thousand pounds of lime, 71 thousand pounds
of alum, 24 thousand pounds of CO2 and ten thousand pounds of other
chemicals including, charcoal, phosphate and chlorine into this lost
asset. 7 million gallons of treated water used in the treatment
process is also lost. We might as well be taking the material
directly
to the landfill. Shouldn’t this gross waste be pursued as ardently
as seeking new revenue?
I
do hope that the Fife Ave. work will help to reduce a little of the
loss but I wonder what took us so long.
Paul
Hunter budhunter@frontier.com
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