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CITY OF LODE
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility Cost Savings
Report
MESTI1413 DATE: January 19, 1994
PREPARED BY: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: None required. Information only.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Attached (Exhibit A) is a copy of a memo addressed to
the City Council concerning cost savings achieved at
the White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility.
Mayor Sieglock has asked that such items be placed on
the Consent Calendar from time to time when appropriate for public information
purposes.
FUNDING: None
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas A. Peterson
City Manager
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CCOM-004/TXTA.07A
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MEMORANDUM
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
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DATE: December 29, 1993
SUBJ. White Slough Cost Savings
Attached for your information and review is a copy of a memo to
the Public Works Director from Fran Forkas, Water/Wastewater
Superintendent, regarding an achieved cost savings in the White
Slough Water Pollution Control Facility operation. The estimated
annual savings is approximately $37,500. The projected savings
are the result of an operational review by staff assisted by a
consultant.
Utilized properly, consultants can perform services very
beneficial to the City. We are most selective to ensure that to
the greatest possible extent we "get our monies, worth. -
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Attachment
CCCOM884/TXTA.07A
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DATE: December 21, 1993 �►� Cl T �� L
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3UBJECT: Cost Reduction Practice Implemented
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The White Skyjgh Water Pollution Control Facility staff have installed a timing control in one of
the Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). This now allows Operations staff to designate an
aeration blower for shut down early each morning when plant Rows start to reduce significantly
and the plant is unmanned.
After implementation an immediate reduction has been noted of 44.135 kilowatt hours (KWH)
for the first month. We anticipate similar reductions in the months to follow. The next twelve
months should produce an annual savings of 528.000 KWH's.
The yearly savings of 528,00 KWH's at $0.071 per KWH equals $37,488, a significant savings
for our Wastewater Utility and its customers.
The staff has also recently modified the operational time of outside lights in the secondary
process area which will further reduce annual electrica, reds.
This single idea came out of discussions between Operational staff and a private consultant
retained for less than $900 to assist staff in several areas of the biological control processes of
the plant.
The Operators and Electricians can be very proud as I am of these cost saving modifications.
®ran E. Forkas
ater/Wastewater Superintendent
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Enclosure
cc: Assistant Wastewater Treatment Superintendent
Chief Operator
Wastewater Treatment Operators
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