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42 <br /> 1 Slide #30 <br /> Capacity Takeaway <br /> Utilities Staff Concerns in Priority <br /> Order M <br /> 1. Collection system r <br /> 2. Distribution system <br /> 3. Nutrient wastewater limits <br /> 4. Water treatment process <br /> limits r <br /> 5, Water storage/fire protection <br /> N.9PIv MrTP n1iT COU W%TP <br /> 6. Water supply <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Bryant Green said this slide summarizes the barriers the town is balancing and shows the <br /> 4 order of priority in which they are trying to address them. He said the pump station mentioned <br /> 5 earlier that was going to be addressed before the BRICK funding was rescinded is part of the <br /> 6 collection system, which is the top priority right now. The second priority is the distribution system, <br /> 7 which encompasses the water quality issues as well as the quantity of water and maintaining <br /> 8 adequate fire flow. <br /> 9 Matt Efird reiterated that there are issues with the system that takes the water from the <br /> 10 water treatment plant and provides it to homes, and the town has invested a lot of capital money <br /> 11 in that area. He said there is a big problem with the system that takes the sewage from the homes <br /> 12 to the water treatment plant, and that's where most of the system capacity restraints are. To <br /> 13 summarize, he said it's less of a system treatment capacity issue but more of the constraints <br /> 14 between the existing system and homes and moving that sewage to the plants. As a result, there <br /> 15 are a lot of planned upgrades to serve development, things like outfalls and the pump stations <br /> 16 that move the sewage around wastewater. <br /> 17 Chair Bedford asked what outfall is. <br /> 18 Matt Efird said it's a collection of smaller pipes that move water to a bigger pipe and out. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 <br />