2009-10 Adopted Budget - City of Hoquiam

CITY OF HOQUIAM2009-2010 BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGETDepartment Budget NarrativeDepartment: Water Department Director: TeleckyDepartment Number: 25 Fund: 401Program Description:The physical facilities of the Department consist of a direct water filtration treatment plant with acapacity of six-million gallons perday, two pump stations, two operational dams and one dam thatis out of service, two covered reservoirs, one elevated water tank, and a water transmission line.The City’s watershed consists of three drainage areas. The Davis Creek and the West Fork of theHoquiam River, normally referred to as the Davis Creek Watershed are the primary source of ourraw water supply. The third is the Little Hoquiam that has not been used since 1926 as a rawwater supply. The total area of the three combined is 6,250 acres of managed timberland that areharvested on 100 year (Davis Creek) and 50 year (Little Hoquiam) rotational cycles. The City hasa contract forester that manages the watershed. Water Department staff patrol the watersheds.The Water System consists of approximately sixty (60) miles of water distribution lines ranging insize from one (1) inch to twenty-seven (27) inches in diameter. The Water Department maintainsthe system distribution lines, service lines, and physical facilities. Service is provided to theproperty line for approximately 3,600 service connections within and outside the corporate citylimits. On a rotational monthly basis, the Meter Reader reads half of the water meters for billingeach month.The Department maintains, replaces and installs new fire hydrants on an as needed basis inconjunction with the Fire Department needs and good engineering practice. We also have anactive Cross-Connection Control Program that protects the public water system fromcontamination through the elimination of any actual or potential physical connection between theCity’s distribution system or the consumer’s water system and any source of non-potable liquid,solid or gas that could contaminate the potable water supply by backflow. Sampling stations arelocated throughout the distribution system to monitor water quality and chlorine residual. Thewater grab samples taken by staff are tested at the Grays Harbor County Health Department andWater Management Laboratories in Tacoma, Washington.The Water Department has ten (10) staff members which include the foreman, two full-time watertreatment plant operators, one watershed patrol person/water treatment plant operator, one meterreader who also works with the maintenance crew as time allows, a storekeeper/relief watertreatment plant operator who is also the cross connection control specialist and four maintenancecrew personnel.Mission:The primary function of the Water Department is to provide the citizens of Hoquiam and theresidents along Highway 101 North with quality potable water supply while keeping in compliancewith the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 246-290, related to the Washington StateDepartment of Health Office of Drinking Water (ODW).194