One Slow Sand Filter (SSF) bay has been cleaned, but is still in the flushing process to enable bringing it back online. It is anticipated to be brought back online later tonight. The District is still having to supplement water production with daily potable water trucks (Note: the largest truck holds 3500 gallons; compare that to the system reservoir that holds 100,000 gallons) coming multiple times to fill the contact chamber to keep the reservoir from going to a critically low level.
The next SSF bay to be cleaned will begin Monday, with it going offline Sunday evening to start the draining process down to the level required for the cleaning process.
Because we still do not have enough production of filtered water (even with the clean bay going back online tonight) to meet the normally high demand at this time of the year, please continue to minimize water use to essentials only, including turning OFF all outside landscape watering, until we get the second bay cleaned and back online.
Thank you for your cooperation in helping ensure that we keep this critical system running to provide essential water needs for all of the District Customers.
As new information becomes available, or there is a change in the waters system status, the District will post that information to this blog.
Thank you.
