Town of Chatham

street side of their water service. Replacing these pipes will conserve water by
preventing the waste of water through possible leaks from the old pipes.
DPW’s Division Operations
Attached are Weston and Sampson’s December, 2011, reports on the water system’s
operations from Lynn Carr and sewer system’s operations from Michael B. Keller.
Also attached is a report on the Highway Division’s monthly activities from Paul L.
White, and Solid Waste Disposal Division’s activities from Jeff Bremner.
Water Revenues
The amount of water consumed and dollar amount billed are above FY 2011’s
amounts (July 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011) by 3,794,690 cu.ft. and
$215,549.32. The cash receipts are below last years by $229,784.83 for the same
period, however the Water Department should still meet its revenue commitment
since FY 2011 had a surplus of $487, 196.
New Well Site
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) approved the two production wells that were installed at the Mill Pond Well
site as public water supplies. The shallow aquifer 150 feet from the pond required
two wells in order to achieve the 700 gallons per minute (gpm) or one million gallons
per day needed from this site. A pre-design meeting with AECOM was held on
September 1, 2011, to inform them of the Town’s requirement for the design of the
two Mill Pond wells’ pump houses, support facility building, and site layout. Based on
AECOM’s estimate the additional cost for installing two wells instead of one at this
site is $650,000.00. One of the Water Department’s Capital Budget requests for
FY2013 will request $650,000 for the additional funds to complete the development
of this water supply site.
Water Storage Tanks’ Water Mixing
The Town signed an agreement with AECOM for the design of a system for mixing the
water in the standpipes. Bids were opened on June 30, 2011, and Utility Services
Company Inc. was awarded the contract for the mixers’ installations at their low bid
price of $91,960.00. Utility Services has ordered the mixers and as soon as they
receive the mixers they will schedule their work at the site.
South Chatham Impervious Clay Cover and Removal of the Old Chemical Feed
Building
A meeting with Weston & Sampson was held on September 9, 2011, to start the
design of for the removal of the old South Chatham Wells’ chemical feed building and
the installation of an impervious clay cover around the South Chatham wells.
Sewer Department’s Replacement Truck
Liberty Chevrolet delivered a new 2012 model year, 8800 gvw standard size, four
wheel drive pickup truck to the Sewer Department. Liberty Chevrolet had the low bid
of $37,915.00 plus two trade-ins.
Department Head Monthly Report to the Town Manager – January 2012 Page 19