TOLEDO WATER WATER SERVICE AREA The City of Toledo provides 26 billion gallons of high-quality...

Depar tment of Publ ic Ut i l i t iesTMACOG Lake Er ie Algae –Sources and Solut ions

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TOLEDO WATERAndy McClureManager, Water Treatment

Department of Public Utilities

City of Toledo

Information Compiled by:Jim DonnellWarren Henry

OUR SOURCE WATER

OUR WATERSHED

WATER INTAKE & DISTRIBUTIONMM1

MM1 This is difficult to read - is there a simplified version, or could we have our graphics folks create one for you?Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

TOLEDO WATER SERVICE AREA

The City of Toledo provides 26 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water per year, serving 500,000 people through 125,000 residential, commercial and

industrial accounts in Lucas, Wood and Fulton Counties in Ohio and Monroe County, Michigan.

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MM2 I might put the per-day figure instead of per year, to make this a bit more relatable. A lot of big numbers on this slide. Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

WATER TREATMENT & TESTING

Water treatment adjusted regularlyImprove taste

Eliminate odor

Soften & clarify water

Reduce toxins

Toledo consistently provides high quality drinking water

COLLINS PARK WATER TREATMENT PLANT

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MM3 Can we quantify. Like, "Meets and Exceeds EPA guildelines for high quality water," or some other third-party validationMary Miller, 11/26/2014

WATER TREATMENT PROCESS

Chemical Feed Room

Water enters plant

Flocculation & Sedimentation Basins

Impurities settle out

Filter Room

Filter any remaining impurities

Distribution

Stored for pumping throughout system

Water Intake

Water pulled from lake

Low Service Pump Station

Pumped from shoreline to plant

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MM4 This is good, the only thing I might add is the time each of these processes take. Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

9 licensed chemists/bacteriologists

Staffed 24/7/365

4 labs

More than 650 tests every day,

year-round

180 tap water collection points

COLLINS PARK WATER QUALITY TESTING

THE “DO NOT DRINK” ADVISORY

Algae bloom directly over water intake

Microcystin detected beyond recommended reportable level

Regulatory authority recommended issuing “Do Not Drink” advisory

Accelerated treatment to reduce toxin

Continued testing until water deemed safe to drink

WHAT HAPPENED?

•Harmful

•Algal

•Blooms

PREVENTATIVE MEASURES

Existing EOP expanded to increase notification of external partners & update communication procedures

Trained staff on the plan September 9-12th

Submitted revised EOP to OEPA September 19th

PREPAREDNESS & EMERGENCY PLANNING

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MM11 I would suggest expanding and simplifying this. What is the plan? This slide is unclear and technical. Who are external partners? How will they be notified? Also MOST IMPORTANT: How will Joe Consumer know in the future if he can't drink the water - my opinion is there needs to be ONE source for this info before the 2015 season and it needs to be over communicated to restore public trust ... seems like that piece is still missing. Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

Required all essential staff to attend Incident Command Training (NIMS) 100 & 700 September 9-12th

Joined Ohio WARN October 6th

Conducted Water Emergency Table Exercise in cooperation with OEPA, OEMA October 30th

Inviting Partners to participate in series of workshops – first was for Health Care & Consecutive Systems Nov 20 - at UT

PREPAREDNESS & EMERGENCY PLANNING

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MM5 I would suggest expanding and simplifying this. What is the plan? This slide is unclear and technical. Who are external partners? How will they be notified? Also MOST IMPORTANT: How will Joe Consumer know in the future if he can't drink the water - my opinion is there needs to be ONE source for this info before the 2015 season and it needs to be over communicated to restore public trust ... seems like that piece is still missing. Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

Buoy placement in Lake ErieDetect Blue-green algae

3 probes relay water conditions

Advance notice for treatment process

NOW – QUICK TERM RESPONSE

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MM6 Why is this important to Joe Consumer? How much advance notice? Can it prevent another Do Not Drink Advisory?Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS

Low Service Pumping StationAdditional Potassium Permanganate Feed

Additional Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) Feed

Collins Park Water Treatment PlantNew Powdered Activated Carbon Feed

Filter 24 pilot testing

Design – Bid – Construct: July 15, 2015!!

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MM7 What is the purpose of each of these improvements (i.e.) Will these improvements allow for faster treatement? Will they remove microcystin? Why are they important to Joe Citizen when he goes to get a drink of water?Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

Currently evaluating options

Blue Ribbon Panel of national experts

LONG-TERM TREATMENT METHOD

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MM8 Who are the experts? Need to establish credibility/trust here.Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

Longer treatment cycle improves chemical effectiveness

Voluntary, simple conservationFull loads of laundry and dishes

High efficiency settings on washers, dishwashers

Limit at-home car washing

VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

CAPITAL PROGRAM

$264 million in upgrades to water infrastructure$134 million in rehabilitation and plant

modernization

$130 million in water quality improvements and reserve capacity

Planned prior to Water Event

Completion in 2019

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS

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MM9 Warren, I really like this section and would reccomend few changes, but it seems out of place with the section that precedes it. Is there a way to integrate the two? Maybe not, but just my thoughts. Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

CONSTRUCTION ZONE

Current Construction

Upcoming Construction Projects

WEST AND EAST PLANT ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT

Project Schedule

• Construction Start: August, 2013

• Construction Complete: March, 2015

NEW DISINFECTION FACILITIES

Project Schedule• Construction Start: February 10, 2014

• Construction Completion: May, 2015

ALUM FEED IMPROVEMENTS

Ohio EPA mandated project

Additional liquid alum feeder

Improved chemical mixing

New Alum Feeder & Day Tank

Raw Water Channel Alum Feed Weir uniform flow dispersion

COLLINS PARK WATER TREATMENT PLANT

Plant power upgradeFilter system

improvementsInstrumentation &

Telemetry upgradeHarmful Algae Bloom

treatment

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MM10 How much of this, if any, was in response to the DND event in August? Mary Miller, 11/26/2014

Regional/national issueVariety of contributing factors require variety of solutionsCommunity must work together

IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN SOURCE WATER

QUESTIONS

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