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From YouTube: Water and Sewer Jan2008
Description
Improvements to Water and Sewer lines and plans for future development and upgrades
A
Hello
and
Happy
New
Year,
I'm,
Andrew
McCullough,
and
welcome
to
city
Edition,
a
video
news
magazine
that
keeps
you
informed
about
our
city
government
in
our
first
segment.
We'll
learn
how
the
city's
water
and
sewer
infrastructure
plays
a
vital
role
in
our
community
and
why
maintaining
that
existing
infrastructure
is
fundamental
to
the
city's
ability
to
service
its
customers.
Water.
B
D
C
D
C
B
Works
is
responsible
for
both
the
water
and
wastewater
infrastructure.
It's
our
goal
to
maintain
the
950
miles
of
pipelines
that
we
have
in
the
ground.
That's
both
water
and
wastewater,
as
well
as
our
wastewater
treatment
facility
we
have
in
the
city
and
all
of
our
wealth
sites
around
town
and
also
our
surface
water
intake
structure.
Our.
C
B
E
B
C
B
E
Surface
water
supply
was
built
in
the
1920s;
it
is
reaching
the
end
of
its
life
expectancy,
especially
the
transmission
means
that
bring
our
surface
water
supply
to
town.
Those
lines
need
to
be
replaced
in
the
very
near
future.
When
those
transmission
mains
were
built,
they
ran
them
through
the
Forest
Service
land.
Over
the
years
the
trees
vegetation
have
now
grown
over
the
top
of
those
mains
and
roots
have
encompassed
those
mains
right
now.
B
It's
a
concern
of
ours
that,
when
damaged,
could
cause
some
of
these
pipes
to
rupture
or
just
failure
due
to
the
age
of
the
pipe.
So
it's
a
major
undertaking
here
with
the
city
of
Bend
to
go
ahead
and
remove
those
pipes
and
put
new
pipes
in
the
ground
so
that
we
can
continue
to
have
a
surface
water
supply.
One.
E
Of
the
options
we
have
when
we
replace
these
transmission
means
is
to
consider
the
option
of
installing
a
hydroelectric
facility
at
this
site.
The
hydroelectric
facility
could
generate
anywhere
from
1.2
to
1.5
million
dollars
or
revenue
a
year
and
could
offset
the
city's
power
needs
well
into
the
future.
Slow.
C
F
E
C
D
Upgrade
process
to
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
typically
takes
three
to
five
years
to
complete
the
facility's
current
facilities
plan
that
we
are
developing
indicates
that
the
plant
will
be
at
capacity
in
the
year
2011.
Our
flow
currently
is
at
5.8
million
gallons
per
day,
and
our
capacity
daily
capacity
is
rated
at
seven
point.
0
million
gallons
per
day
we're.