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4. Utilities Update Staff Report 12.15.21 City of Scandia Wastewater Advisory Committee th Wednesday, Dec. 15 5:00 P.M. Staff Report Public Works New Connections or Splits: Within the past two months there has been two new force main connections. One in the Bliss and the other in the A&E. The A&E connection was just a dual service changed into a single service for each home. The Bliss addition is a new connection and the installation of the line to the force main proved troublesome for the contractor. With the high-water table and the force main 8 feet below grade the one-day dig turned into over a week-long process. We need to have a designed specification for these new additions or splits which require new tanks, pumps, controllers, and force main connections and adopted by the Council. Each contractor completing the recent connections had been basing these installations on others they have done in other communities which have different specifications from our system. Fortunately, Public Works had the opportunity to work with the contractors and discuss what we required them to install. Infiltration & inflow - 201 systems: After reviewing the data from this year there has been no significant signs of I&I. 201 - Bliss: Since the new permit was received Public Works has been working towards following the new guidelines. The new required meters have been approved by council and now waiting for the delivery and installation. Lift stations pumps for #3 and #4 are approved for replacement and also waiting on delivery and installation. Uptown: The Uptown blower will be replaced or will have been replaced by this meeting. The replacement schedule for this blower was for this year. My concern with this blower is that it only lasted 4 years compared to the anticipated 7 years. An adjustment to the replacement schedule will be address in future CIP discussions.