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2003
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OF
EASTON WATER DIVISION
To the
Honorable Board of Selectmen:
MISSION
STATEMENT
The Easton
Water Division is dedicated to providing,
protecting and preserving today’s water
supplies for tomorrow’s consumers. Our
commitment is to supply quality water that
complies with all State & Federal standards,
provide education and excellent customer
service, and to be the leaders of our
profession.
I
respectfully submit the following report and
pumping record for the year 2003.
MONTH GALLONS
PUMPED
MONTH GALLONS
PUMPED
JANUARY
57,685,220
JULY
84,240,227
FEBRUARY
52,470,000
AUGUST
76,857,002
MARCH
57,340,630
SEPTEMBER 70,251,000
APRIL
62,644,799
OCTOBER
55,083,000
MAY
61,706,671
NOVEMBER 48,743,000
JUNE
64,959,781
DECEMBER 48,687,000
Total gallons pumped in 2003 – 740,668,330
The greatest
amount pumped in one day was 3,663,477
gallons on 7/8/2003
.
Total 2003
Precipitation was 56.30 inches.
The Water
Division responded to 2,509 service and
emergency calls:
Connected 85 new services
for a total of 6,930 active services
Replaced 559 meters
Renewed 5 services
Repaired 14 service leaks
Repaired 22 broken water
mains
2 - 6" mains 16 -
8" mains 2 - 10" mains 2 - 12"
mains
In 2003, new
subdivisions and water main improvements
added to our system:
200’ of 4"
water main
3,671’ of
8”water main
10,923’ of
12" water main
31 new fire
hydrants
We now have a
total of 157.5 miles of water mains, 1,393
hydrants and 2,980 valves in our system.
The Water
Division read 14,022 meters, prepared and
processed the bills for mailing;
4,188
delinquent notices were mailed and 300 final
bills were calculated.
This
completed the fifteenth year of our Backflow
Prevention Program. Since 1989, we have
conducted 269 surveys of facilities to
ensure appropriate backflow prevention
devices. This year 8 commercial buildings
were surveyed. We have 238 testable devices
in the system, 138 double check valve
assemblies, 100 reduced pressure zone
backflow preventers and 13 non-required
devices. This year 290 backflow prevention
device tests were performed.
In order to
meet the requirements of the Federal Safe
Drinking Water Act,
630 samples
were taken for bacteriological analysis
6 nitrate
analysis
1 nitrite
2 lead and
copper
4 routine
chemical analysis
6 secondary
contaminants analysis
6 volatile
organic compounds analysis
1,600 pH
samples
1,292
chlorine residual tests
16
Trihalomethane
6 Gross
Alpha
6 Radium 228
11 IOC
7 SOC
We continue
to survey the water system for leaks using
conventional and digital correlation
technology. We have completed 18
system-wide leak surveys to date. This
program enables us to maintain low
unaccounted-for water.
The Depot
Street/Purchase Street water main project
was completed. After all water construction
was completed, the roadway was reconstructed
using water revenue. This project has
improved water quality, fire flows and road
conditions for the area residents, as well
as the general public.
This year we
performed our 10th consecutive
year of system-wide uni-directional flushing
program. This program cleans all sediments
from the water mains and helps ensure the
delivery of safe, clean water to your tap.
The staff
continues to educate our peers, students,
and the public on conservation and Water
Works education. We have given numerous
presentations to Water Works organizations,
provided tours and training to Stonehill
College Ecology Class, Brownie and Girl
Scout troops, Children’s Museum Science
Camp, , and Natural Resources Trust 6th
Grade watershed classes, as well as holding
the Annual Open House.
The meeting
room at the Easton Water Division office at
417 Bay Road continues to be in high demand,
as virtually the only town meeting room, and
it was utilized 52 times during the year for
both daytime and nightime meetings and
training sessions.
We conducted
a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
on May 10, 2003 with 622 residents
participating at a cost of $17,969.32 to the
Town. I would also like to thank the Easton
Lions Club for their effort in assisting
this event with the collection of TV’s,
computer monitors, and white goods.
The
ultraviolet disinfection systems for each of
the 6 pumping stations were awarded to
Nuwater Inc. of Seekonk MA. The installation
is almost complete with startup anticipated
for March of 2004. When this project is
completed we would anticipate reducing or
eliminating the amount of chlorine
administered at each one of our sources.
The Water
Division hosted its 19th Annual
Open House on Saturday, May 3, 2003 with the
highlight being the Award Ceremony of our
Annual Water Conservation Poster Contest.
Hundreds of posters are judged from the 3rd,
4th, and 5th grades.
This contest could not be possible without
the excellent cooperation of the Easton
school system—especially, Dr. Simmons, Arnie
Casavant, Achim Krasenbrink, Margaret Moran,
and Susan Masse of the Art Department. This
contest provides a perfect medium to educate
the students to the value of water and the
need to protect it.
The Water
Division continues to remain leaders in the
water works industry. Our employees are
dedicated and committed to their jobs. As a
manager, it is certainly rewarding to have
employees of this caliber and I would like
to personally thank all of them for their
continued efforts: Shirley Tufts, Peggy
Hannigan, Janice Jacobson, John Fresh, Jr.,
Raymond Keys, Richard Mueda, Joshua Ford,
Joseph Richard, Christopher Daniels, Michael
O’Toole, Jeffery Cloonan, Mark DeCouto and
John Siscoe.
“With Water
Works Pride”
John J. Marsh
508-230-0850
jmarsh@easton.ma.us
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