Information Regarding Water Supply
[{"sender": "Sarah E. Hannah, Assistant Town Manager", "recipients": ["David A. Rosow, Chair", "Denis P. Coleman, Member", "Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager"], "timestamp": "January 23, 2009", "subject": "Information Regarding Water Supply", "body": "The following documents are attached for your review in preparation for the Water Committee meeting on January 29 at 3 p.m.:\n1. Agenda\n2. PowerPoint presentation from the City of West Palm Beach regarding the four options for the Town’s water supply and relationship with the City.\n3. Cost estimates and other information regarding private wells.\n4. Follow-up on prior water committee information requests:\na. Information from the City regarding per capita usage in Palm Beach.\nb. Information from the City regarding a comparison of the City’s water quality with New York City’s water quality\nc. Statistical analysis of the top 100 water consumers on the island.\nd. Average daily effluent flow for the cities that use the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility (ECRWR).\ne. Executive summary of the results from the Town’s testing of the City’s potable water (the rest of the report is available in the Town Manager’s Office)."}, {"sender": "Eduardo Balbis <EBalbis@wpb.org>", "recipients": ["Sarah E. Hannah <SHannah@TownofPalmBeach.com>"], "timestamp": "12/03/2008 01:26 PM", "subject": "Fw: WPB/NYC Water Quality Data", "body": "Sarah,\nWe have obtained information about the water supply in NYC as requested. Note that the City of NY produces about 33 times the amount of water than the City of West Palm Beach. We tried to compile data that can be comparable. However, NYC act as their own State agency and track different parameters than the State of Florida. See below for additional information."}, {"sender": "David Hanks", "recipients": ["Eduardo Balbis/WESTPALM@WESTPALM"], "timestamp": "12/03/2008 10:33 AM", "subject": "WPB/NYC Water Quality Data", "body": "Please let know if you want any changes made. NCY produces 1.1 billion mgd per day.\nBelow is what they say about their treatment process:\nWater Treatment\nAll surface water and groundwater entering New York City’s distribution system is treated with chlorine, fluoride, food grade phosphoric acid and, in some cases, sodium hydroxide. New York City uses chlorine to meet the New York State Sanitary Code and federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) disinfection requirements. Fluoride, at a concentration of one part per million, is added to help prevent tooth decay and has been added since 1966 in accordance with the New York City Health Code. Phosphoric acid is added to create a protective film on pipes that reduces the release of metals such as lead from household plumbing. Sodium hydroxide is added to Catskill/Delaware water to raise the pH and reduce corrosivity."}, {"sender": "Jim Bowser", "recipients": ["Patricia Gayle-Gordon"], "timestamp": "01/22/2009 01:54 PM", "subject": "Water Committee Town Sewage Effluent", "body": "Pat, I believe one of the questions asked was what was the sewage flows to West Palm Beach. Here is an email to Peter sent on 1/9/09."}, {"sender": "Jim Bowser", "recipients": ["Peter B Elwell/PalmBeach@PalmBeach"], "timestamp": "01/09/2009 10:36 AM", "subject": "Town Sewage Effluent", "body": "Peter, as requested, attached is sewage flow data from our Lake Worth Billings and ECRWRF monthly report. I am seeking the peak daily flows, but that is going to take additional time.\nBase upon the monthly flows, here is the average daily flow for each entity in Fiscal Year 2008 expressed as million gallons a day:\nMonth WPB LW\nOct 2.70 0.654\nNov 2.39 0.593\nDec 2.23 0.627\nJan 2.33 0.668\nFeb 2.36 0.691\nMar 2.23 0.672\nApr 2.12 0.561\nMay 2.02 0.408\nJun 2.09 0.389\nJul 2.22 0.552\nAug 2.33 0.537\nSep 2.54 0.563\nYearly Ave 2.30 0.563\nTotal average daily flow from Town to ECRWRF 2.863 million gallons a day."}]