HomeMy Public PortalAbout2535March 16, 2007
Dear McCall City Council:
During my recent visit to McCall, I became curious as to the benefits derived from the
joint sewer operation we once had with the City. The contract lasted about three years,
beginning with the District maintaining the city's collection system, and expanding
during the last year to include the wastewater treatment plant. The City requested a
three month emergency extension when the last contract expired. During the
extension, the City advertised for bids to operate the City's collection system and the
treatment plant. Ted Whiteman and I spent two weeks analyzing the bids and
presented our findings to the City council. The District was by far the lowest bidder;
however, the City decided to take over operation and maintenance of the sewer
system. If one of the for -profit companies had been selected, it would have cost the City
and the District significantly more.
During the contract period, Dale Caza was the lead operator in charge of the City's
collection system. The fees paid to the district supported a very proactive maintenance
and repair schedule, and Dale made monthly reports to city staff. (Unexpended funds
were rebated yearly to the city). A summary of accomplishments from those reports
follows.
➢ Hydro cleaned entire collection system; some of which had never been cleaned
➢ Installed central alarm system; savings to city $20,000
➢ Upgrade pump controller at lift stations 5A & 11; savings to city $5,000
➢ Added redundant pump controls; savings to city $3,000
➢ Upgrade lift station 8; performed construction inspection; savings $5,000
➢ Performed construction inspection of new lift station 4; savings $8,000
➢ Upgrade lift station 6; performed construction inspection; savings $10,000
➢ Upgrade lift station 9A most of this was done by us; savings $50,000
➢ Performed construction inspection of new lift station 16; savings $8,000
➢ Replaced sewer line on Mather Road; performed all construction inspections;
savings $10,000
➢ Replaced leaking sewer line on Colorado Street
➢ Replaced sewer line on Kasper Street
➢ Replaced sewer line through Carey property
➢ Replaced leaking sewer line at Shiner Creek
➢ Inspected grease traps at all eating establishments, reducing the amount of grease
being discharged into sewer system, resolving many problems where main line back
ups had occurred and reducing maintenance cost.
➢ Performed construction inspection on all of the following new projects; Spring
mountain Ranch (all phases), Mill Park, concept 1 sewer project, Railroad Avenue
sewer project, East Highway 55 LID sewer project, Eagle Crest, The Cottages @
Spring Mountain Ranch; Unknown savings
PLWSD034936
�' 3 y e a r I & I s t u d y o f t h e c o l l e c t i o n s y s t e m w h i c h i n c l u d e d e v a l u a t i o n o f 3 0 + m i l e s o f
s e w e r l i n e s & 6 0 0 ( + - ) m a n h o l e s , S o m e o f t h e r e s u l t s o f t h i s s t u d y : A p p r o x i m a t e l y
4 5 0 m a n h o l e s i n n e e d o f r e p a i r , 1 0 l i n e s e c t i o n s t h a t h a d v e r y n o t i c e a b l e f l o w
i n c r e a s e s ( o u r n e x t s t e p w a s t o p u r c h a s e f l o w m e t e r s t o d e t e r m i n e i n f i l t r a t i o n r a t e s
o n a l l l i n e s ) ; w e i d e n t i f i e d 4 l a r g e a r e a s t h a t w e r e c o n t r i b u t i n g l a r g e a m o u n t s o f I &
I ; S y r i n g a S u b d i v i s i o n , T i m b e r l o s t I S u b d i v i s i o n , T i m b e r C i r c l e S u b d i v i s i o n , L i c k
C r e e k r o a d a r e a . W e a l s o p e r f o r m e d s m o k e t e s t i n g a n d l o c a t e d s e v e r a l a r e a d r a i n s ,
p e r i m e t e r d r a i n s , a n d b a s e m e n t / c r a w l s p a c e s u m p p u m p s .
�' R e s u l t s o f o u r r e p a i r o f s e w e r l i n e s a n d m a n h o l e s ; i n o n e y e a r f r o m F e b r u a r y 1 9 9 6
t o F e b r u a r y 1 9 9 7 w e d e c r e a s e d t h e t o t a l h o u r s t h e l i f t s t a t i o n s p u m p e d b y 2 3 7 . 4
h o u r s . O n e l e a k w e r e p a i r e d d e c r e a s e d t h e f l o w a t t h e W a s t e w a t e r T r e a t m e n t
F a c i l i t y b y 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 g a l l o n s p e r d a y ! T h e c o s t s a v i n g s t o t h e c i t y b e c a u s e o f t h i s
w o r k i s u n k n o w n .
S a v i n g s s h o w n a r e r o u g h e s t i m a t e s . S o m e o f t h e p r o j e c t s n o r m a l l y w o u l d h a v e b e e n
s e n t o u t t o a n e n g i n e e r i n g f i r m a n d p u t o u t f o r b i d ; h o w e v e r , D i s t r i c t s t a f f w a s a b l e t o d o
a l l t h e p r o j e c t s i n h o u s e w h i c h s a v e d t h e C i t y a c o n s i d e r a b l e a m o u n t o f m o n e y .
T h e m a i n b e n e f i t t o t h e C i t y a n d t h e D i s t r i c t f r o m t h e j o i n t o p e r a t i o n w a s e c o n o m y o f
s c a l e .
I f y o u w i s h a n y a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n p l e a s e c a l l m e .
E d C a t l e t t
4 8 0 - 3 2 5 - 7 7 1 8
P L W S D 0 3 4 9 3 7