OINFRAMARK WATER ASVCNMCOMATONN Ebensburg Municipal Authority June 2023 monthly report for Ebensburg WWTP OINFRAMARK MPATAVCNHOMPATON July 24, 2023 Ebensburg Borough 300 West High Street Ebensburg, PA 15931 Dear Authority Members, Inframark is pleased to submit the June 2023 monthly report detailing the operations Thank you for the opportunity to provide Operations and Maintenance Services to the Borough of Ebensburg. To ensure we are providing material that is ofv value to you, please provide any questions or comments to me regarding this report. and maintenance of the Ebensburg wastewater treatment facility. Sincerely, Michael Montgomery Executive Summary During the month of. June 2023, Ebensburg wastewater treatment plant treated 13,421,000 million gallons of wastewater. This equates to a daily average of 447,000 All testing and operational requirements were met for the month of June. million gallons per day for the month of. June. Centrifuge operation was run as needed for the month of June and 9.217 tons of sludge was sent to the landfill. On the Radar Inframark staff replaced failing aeration valve on SBR tank #1. Replacing wiper seals on U.V. wiper system. Ordered 3 new SBR aeration valves to replace existing valves. Removing mixers and sludge pumps from tanks to change oil. Operations Compliance: SBR tank testing is done for process control purposes on Monday, Wednesday, Influent and effluent compliant testing is done for reporting to DEP on Tuesday All data is entered into WIMS daily for E-DMR monthly reporting. Monthly reports are sent to DEP electronically by the 28th of each month. and Friday. and Thursday. Plant Operations Made plant rounds and equipment checks daily twice a shift. Screening unit is operating properly and no blockages U.V. unit has power and operating properly Influent and Effluent samplers operating properly Ran centrifuge as weekly for the month. Influent screening unit hosed and cleaned daily. Blowers oil levels, belts. Swept and hosed influent building floor, centrifuge building floor, centrifuge Hosed and cleaned U.V. trough, bulbs, sensors twice for the month sludge dumpster area. Maintenance & Repair Greased decanters on SBR tanks for the month. Monthly Report Page 1 Centrifuge building floor hosed and cleaned twice a week Control building floors swept and mopped weekly. Cut grass and weed eating around the plant weekly for the month. Completed 281 work orders for the month Monthly Report Page2 Financial Update Applied Technologies Ace Hardware Grainger Uni-Mart Ace Hardware Wal-Mart NAPA Wal-Mart Total Maintenance Expenditures $1,106.38 $47.23 $276.47 $31.50 $60.18 $67.64 $165.21 $162.06 $1,916.67 Spare motor for screening unit Extension cord Cable and fittings for mixers Gas for mower, weed eater Garden Hose Cleaning supplies, logbooks New battery for loader Office supplies, cleaning supplies Caps For WWTP Maintenance Cap Sludge ContractTotal per Year June 2023 Contract Remaining year to date Balance $25,691.76 $1,916.67 $13,641.47 $12,050.29 $84,782.76 $6,259.61 $22,853.59 $61,92917 Health & Safety There were no accidents in the month of. June. Personnel have worked 6,740 Days (18 years 3 months) without an accidentinjury. Inframark Training and Presentations Weekly tailgate meetings COVID-19 news and updates Personal Protective Equipment Heat stroke awareness Fire Extinguishers inspected Diesel fuel tank inspected Generator tank inspected Propane tank inspected Ladders inspected Monthly safety inspection complete for the month Monthly Report Page3 INFRAMARK WATER INFRASTRVCTURE OPERATIONS Ebensburg Municipal Authority June monthly report for WTP DINFRAMARK WATER INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS July 24, 2023 Ebensburg Borough 300 West High Street Ebensburg, PA 15931 Dear Authority Members, Inframark is pleased to submit the June 2023 monthly report detailing the operations Thank you for the opportunity to provide Operations and Maintenance Services to the city of Ebensburg. To ensure we are providing material that is ofv value to you, please and maintenance of the Ebensburg water treatment facility. provide any questions or comments to me regarding this report. Sincerely, Luke Byrne Executive Summary During the month of June, the Ebensburg water treatment plant treated 27,379,000 gallons of reservoir water. This equates to an average of 912,633 gallons per day. June 2023 production indicates an increase of 126,200 gallon per day in water when compared to June 2022. The table found in plant operations of this packet showcases An average of 63,608 gallons per day was purchased from Saltlick and blended into Inframark staff assisted Ebensburg's public work director in achieving compliance with his Initial Demonstration of Capability for analyzing Chlorine (Method 334.0) On June 2nd high water flow alarms were triggered due to a mainline break. Inframark located the mainline break and assisted Ebensburg's maintenance crew with location of the valve to isolate the leak. Inframark recommended issuing al boil water notice due to PA DEP, on behalf of Governor Josh Shapiro, issued a "Drought Watch" for all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. Currently the upper reservoir is roughly -2.2ft below the spillway. Inframark has reviewed EMA's Drought Contingency Plan and is working with Borough staff to educate all parties involved on the responsibilities and action plans On June 20th, PAI DEP collected raw water samples monitoring for cyanotoxins in the raw water source. There were no detects in the sample collected. linformed Josh that PA DEP made a comment on the upper reservoir gate being unsecured/damaged. I would like to thank Josh for repairing the damaged gate. We are also working on some A full service was performed by Inframark on the WTP air scour blower unit. Oil and grease were changed along with the air filter. Belts were inspected and tensioned. On June 21st the upper reservoir stream flow valve was shut due to flows meeting the On June 23rd, Inframark staff completed the required second quarter filter bed evaluation on filter #3. The filter was found to be in excellent condition and performing past month's historical average flows. Ebensburg's distributions system. the need to open cut the mainline and loss of positive pressure. should the drought conditions continue. signage for the gate at the upper reservoir and the WTP facility. 270,000 gallon per day down stream flow requirement. well Inframark staff fixed a chlorine feed issue at the borough pool. Monthly Report Page 1 Ont the Radar Service clarifiers PAI DEP inspection correctives Drought Contingency Plan updates Bulk chemical tank cleanout DAF scrapper adjustments/repairs Operations Compliance: What is the monthly compliance reporting? We send about 10 pages of data that have been collected by our operators and SCADA system. These reports consist of over 20,000 points of data that are compiled into a report and sent to the state every month called the' "Monthly Operating Report" (MOR). This report is a representation of how well the plant is operating during the prior month June monthly compliance reporting was collected and submitted to PA DEP Every month we are required by state regulations to collect and analyze a minimum of nine bacteriological samples per a state approved sampling site plan. In June, we collected nine samples. Oft the nine samples, zero were found to be total coliform positive. Every month we are also required to monitor chlorine levels in the distribution system. A minimum of one sample per week is required and the sample must be equal to or greater than 0.20mg/L free chlorine. Four samples were collected in June and alli four samples were at or above the Inframark submitted a study/plan to PA DEP detailing historical water loss and future plans to address unaccounted for water. We are currently waiting for a Calibrated online and lab instrumentation to conform to PA DEP requirements Collected and documented comparative grab samples to ensure accuracy of Collected and documented comparative grab samples to ensure accuracy of Monitor water quality in clearwell for all compliance compounds and secondary minimum requirement response from PA DEP Completed second quarter filter evaluation continuous chlorine analyzers continuous turbidimeters and pH analyzers contaminants Monthly Report Page 2 Plant Operations Plant production has fluctuated through the month ranging from 817,000- Filters are washed every 144 hours which results in each filter being washed Filters have been performing well during longer runtimes and also reduce the 1,188,000 gallons/day once per week amount of backwash water used weekly Conduct process control analysis Backwash flow rates are monitored during backwash cycles Filter media is observed daily for irregularities Clarifiers are continuously monitored for sludge content and settling capability Flows and chemical feed rates are adjusted daily to meet system demands DAF scraper adjustments DAF air saturation setpoint adjustments Monitor clarifier flow setpoints Online instrument flows are verified multiple times daily Downstream flow is monitored daily and adjusted as needed Past month's historical average flows Date June, 2022 July, 2022 August, 2022 September, 2022 October, 2022 November, 2022 December, 2022 January, 2023 February 2023 March, 2023 April. 2023 May, 2023 June, 2023 Average gallons filtered per day 786,433 760,323 775,935 1,047,267 949,452 1,017,267 915,387 1,041,323 885,143 895,484 909,202 902,161 912,633 Total gallons filtered per Days Supplying month 23,593,000 23,570,000 24,054,000 31,418,000 29,433,000 30,518,000 28,377,000 32,281,000 24,784,000 27,760,000 27,276,000 27,967,000 27,379,000 Nanty Glo 0 0 7 30 15 15 0 19 0 2.5 0 0 0 Maintenance & Repair Inframark staff completed 92 work orders in the month of. June Greased DAF recycle pump Greased DAF scraper Fire extinguisher inspection SCBA inspections Ladder inspections Sump pumps exercised Monthly Report Page3 3 Eye wash/safety shower inspections Grease clarifier drives Four-way valve changed on caustic pump Cleaned clarifier troughs Cleaned and replaced hose on CL17 analyzer Chlorine room alarm test Greased finished water pumps/motors Alternated finished water pumps Cleaned pH and turbidity meters weekly Jar testing to optimize chemical usage DAF sump level sensor verifications Monitored filter bed expansion Cleaned facility Changed oil, grease, and air filter on the air scour blower unit Financial Update Maintenance Expenditures Vendor Ram Industrial Services WALMART Ace Hardware TRACTOR SUPPLY AMAZON THE METER GUY HARBOR FREIGHT HACH COMPANY Expense $855.52 $62.50 $13.07 $130.26 $49.77 $650.00 $142.36 $1,128.58 Description Motor for clarifier drive Carbon monoxide detector Fasteners/drill bit Blower oillgrease DAF Scraper rubber Flow meter calibrations Hoist lift straps/pressure gauges/magnet pH sensor Caps Caps For WTP Maintenance Cap Contract Total per Year $26,522.00 Previous Balance $23,063.17 Total Spent Remaining This Month $3,032.06 $20,031.11 Balance Monthly Report Page 4 Health & Safety There were no accidents in the month of. June. Personnel have worked 1,246 days (3 years 6 months) without an accident/njury. Inframark Training and Presentations Weekly tailgate meetings COVID-19 news and updates Personal Protective Equipment Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) review Personnel Name Luke Byrne Kyle Smiley Jacob Dumm Appendix Equipment Status Report Title Water Plant Manager Operator Operatori in training Wastewater Operator Certifications PA Class A, E, Water Subclass 1,7,8,10,11 PA Class A, E, Subclass 1 Preparing for Exam Pages6-9 Monthly Report Page 5