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Town Manager's
Report
May 2005
Prepared by David
Haller
Streets:
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Staff cleaned East
and West Main Streets
- Staff installed
the "Farmers Market" signs
- Staff has
performed repairs to the street lights on East
& West Main Street
- Staff performed a
few cold patch paving repairs around Town
- Staff has
installed "speed bumps" on Chesapeake
Ave. & North Ave.
Water:
- Staff has applied
copper sulfate to Rainbow Lake to help control the
algae
- Staff has flushed
the raw water line from Rainbow lake to the water
treatment plant
- We have let the
contract for the connection of Well #4. We
hope to have this well on line within the next 90
days. This well will add approximately 160
residental water taps or 40,000 gpd of capacity to
the System.
- Samples have been
analyzed for Phase II & V metals, along with
fluoride and nitrates as required by MDE & EPA
and all are well below the maximum allowable
levels.
- Water production and consumption. We
produced and purchased an average of 383,141 gpd.
We consumed an average of 369,549 gpd.
- The difference is "Backwash Water"
...(3.6%). We purchased 426,878 gals. of water from MSM this month.
- 60.0% of this water came from wells
(up from 53.5%)
- 04.3% of this water came from Mt. St. Mary's
- 35.7% of this water came from Rainbow Lake
(down from 42.0%)
Wastewater:
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We did not have any
raw sewerage spills this month
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Staff has been
performing general/seasonal maintenance at the
wastewater treatment plant.
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The "overland
flow" treatment system is in use and working
well
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We received about
2.4 inches of precipitation this
month
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Wastewater Treatment:
- We treat an average of
421,000 gpd (consumed 369,549 gpd) which means that
only 13% of the
wastewater treated this month was "Wild
Water"
- We did exceed the plants design capacity on
1 days in the month of May;
- 5/20 - 1,057,000
gal. Plant daily design capacity is
800,000 gals.
- 3/27 -
1,255,000 gal. 3/28 -
2,591,000 gal.
Trash:
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Trash
pickup days will be Monday & Thursday for the
month of June
Parks:
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Staff is performing
standard spring maintenance - checking all
playground equipment, ballfield prep and mowing
and trimming
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Staff has been
working on the swimming pool
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Staff has worked
closely with the Little League to prep the
"Babe Ruth" field for the basebaLL
season
Meetings Attended:
- To discuss
possible new commercial office site
- The reconstruction
of Frailey Rd. - From Main St. to intersection of
Mt. View Rd.
- MDE related to the
civil design for the reconstruction of the Town's
sanitary sewer main east of Rte. 15
- To review and
discuss the installation of the water pressure
control valve vault to be located in the
Brookfield Development
- Progress meetings
related to the Mt. View Rd. waterline rehab and
the sanitary sewer rehab projects
- Pre-construction
meeting for the Well #4 project
- To review the
future paving of DePaul St. from Federal Ave. to
N. Seton Ave.
- The State of
Maryland to investigate existing grant and loan
programs the Town may want to participate in or
utilize
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