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MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONAL PLAN 1994 . 1998 The day to da), opera:ion of these two function: is rather s~aight-for~'ard. The pending water distribution study will provide an additional ghmpse into our five ),ear operational s~fing and capital purchase needs. It is my projection that ~he study will point to first, a mechanical below ground connection between the Cities of Anoka and Rare'racy near the intersection of Stat: Highway ~¢47 and Highway #10 and, second the need for additional well and treatment facility south of Highway #10 and west of Feldspar Street N.W. that will be telemetered from our existing water tower and a sigrdficar, t period thereafter, an additional water tower near the intersection of Sunfish Lake Boulevard and County Road #116. As stated, the sewer and water system is quite tangible and does not allow for a great deal of creativity. The task accounting system mat is scheduled to be implemented in 1994 may point to minor improvements in operational efficiency, it is also likely within the next five years that system components will be placed on computer with other CiD, needs for storage and effective information retrieval. Perhaps the most significant operational change wilt be the placement of all operating items on a multi-annual maintenance schedule, t::or instance, the Cities sanitary sewer lines will be divided up into seven or ten sections, with the oldest of those sections receiving cleaning on a seven to ten year maintenance schedule. Not only will this allow us to specifically budget for sewer cleaning as opposed to reacting to spur of the moment demands, it will also relieve the City of liability from a less pro-active maintenance program in the event that there is a costly sewer back-up. I suppose alt are aware thru the City is exploring the contracting of utility billing and meter reading. The meter reading function will have minimal impact on operations and staffing. The program that will be available with this service has the capabilit3, for recording all the particulars with an individual account. One item of importance will be to n'ack the year of the individual meter system. Given that capabilit3,, it is projected that as these meter systems reach 15 years of age, the computer program wi!! generate a month_iy list of the oldest one-twelfth of systems and that information will be forwarded to the urilitF depa~'tment for testing, cleaning and inspection. The final projection and perhaps, coinciding with the addition of the third well will be the management of our water pumping with the use of our existing modem to take advantage of off-peak pumping rares. More to follow as these notions are integrated into the results of our distribution system projections.