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OWASA Annual Report <br />January 23, 2018 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />An organizational assessment has been conducted and results will be reviewed with employees <br />soon. <br /> <br />Key activities for 2018 are completion of organization assessment and additional training for <br />OWASA staff. <br /> <br />Infrastructure investments <br /> <br />Capital investments, including debt payments for capital projects, account for about half of our <br />costs. In 2017, we invested about $13.6 million to renew, replace and improve our infrastructure <br />to maintain the reliability and quality of our services and the structural integrity of facilities. <br /> <br />Key accomplishments in 2017 <br />• Replacement of aging water mains on parts of East Rosemary and Henderson Streets, in <br />coordination with Town of Chapel Hill street resurfacing. <br />• Substantial completion of work to replace an aging water main on Hillsborough Street <br />from East Rosemary Street to Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, again in coordination <br />with an upcoming Town roadway project. <br />• Rehabilitation of a deteriorating section of a pressurized sewer in the Hamilton Road and <br />Prestwick Road area, an extremely high priority project in that this pipe carries nearly <br />half of the wastewater flow of the entire service area. <br />• Installation of a new water main from our water storage tank on Hilltop Street to improve <br />system pressures in the Hilltop/McCauley neighborhood. <br />• Completion of needed electrical, controls, and monitoring improvements to the <br />wastewater pump station in the Piney Mountain neighborhood (off of Mt. Sinai Road) <br />• Received approval for nearly $15 million in low-interest loans from the NC Division of <br />Water Infrastructure to serve the design and construction of six capital projects. <br /> <br />Key projects planned in 2018 <br />• Completion of rehabilitation and improvements to the wastewater pump station near <br />Cleland Drive, our largest remote wastewater pump station. <br />• Completion of an assessment at our treatment plants to identify and assess risks that <br />would prevent OWASA from providing services that meet or exceed federal, state, local <br />quality requirements. <br />• Replacement of filter media and rehabilitation and improvements to the filtration system <br />used at the Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant. <br />• Installation of and enhancements to security systems at various remote water supply and <br />storage facilities. <br />• Completion of work in the Heritage Hills Neighborhood, including replacement of water <br />mains on portions of Brandywine and Lexington Roads, and rehabilitation of sewer <br />mains and manholes throughout the neighborhood. <br /> <br /> <br />6