CARY/APEX
WATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Additional information about the Cary/Apex Water Treatment Plant may be obtained by contacting Kelvin Creech, Manager, at (919) 362‑5502, via e-mail at kelvin.creech@townofcary.org, or by visiting the Town’s Web site at www.townofcary.org.
TOWN OF
Town Focus Areas
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Focus Area I:
Community Planning
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Focus Area II:
Infrastructure
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Focus Area III:
Financial Condition
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Focus Area IV: Municipal Services |
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Town Goals
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Achieve a well-planned community using innovative
and proactive planning approaches and techniques.
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Ensure that roads, water and wastewater facilities,
parks, and other infrastructure exists for the existing citizens and for the
future needs identified in the comprehensive plan.
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Achieve a stable and strong financial position by
accurately estimating, prudently allocating, and managing financial
resources.
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Achieve a high level of service to the citizens in a
prompt, reliable, responsive, and cost-effective manner. |
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Town Initiatives
(pages 2 and 3 of this
document contain full descriptions of each Town Initiative) |
Growth Management
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Housing Program
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Comprehensive Planning
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Land Use Plan
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Environmental Concerns
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Infrastructure and Level of Service
Standards
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Fiscal Plan
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Water, Wastewater, Transportation
Infrastructure
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Broad Band Technology Services
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Long Term Financial Plan
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Performance Measurement
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Short Term Financial Planning
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Review Operations
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Cost Consciousness and Sustained
Service Provision
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Public Involvement
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Departmental Goals and Initiatives |
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1,2,3
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DIVISION GOALS AND
INITIATIVES
1. Manage, operate, and maintain the Cary/Apex Water Treatment Facility and associate facilities, capable of producing water to meet peak day use of 40 million gallons per day (MGD).
2. Maintain compliance with all State and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water regulations.
3. Perform laboratory analyses for treated water for Cary, Apex, and other bulk customers.
4. Perform preventive and corrective maintenance for the Cary/Apex WTF, Jordan Lake Raw Water Pump Station, and two Apex Diversion Vaults.
5. Operate a water treatment pilot plant program, a scaled down version of the plant to allow for process control, treatment strategy development and testing various system configurations.
6. Manage the processing and recycling of water treatment residuals, a type of sludge or waste product currently being recycled with a local composting facility.
7. Develop and manage alternative residual handling methods as appropriate. Increase efficiency and effectiveness of residuals handling through execution of WTP Phase II Residuals & Chemical Improvements project.
FY 2008 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· Achieved compliance with all State and EPA drinking water standards.
· Certified for the fifth consecutive year as a Partnership for Safe Water Director’s Award plant.
· Completed a residuals improvements project to add residuals dewatering capacity by the addition of a second centrifuge and associated equipment.
· Completed implementation of a compliance strategy based on study results to meet a new ultra low-level chlorine limit on the plant’s NPDES permit for process wastewater discharge.
· Initiated the Phase II Residuals and Chemical Improvements project to enhance the plant’s ability to handle process residuals and meet new regulatory requirements with chemical feed systems improvements.
· Continued bi-monthly monitoring for source water cryptosporidium as required by EPA’s new Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule.
KEY PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
· Achieve 100% compliance rating with all State and EPA standards for drinking water.
· Achieve a turbidity removal percentage of 99% or greater.
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Adequately meet Town of
· Achieve a $190 or less treatment chemical cost per million gallons of water treated.
· Achieve a $45 or less residuals processing cost per million gallons of water treated.
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Actual |
Estimated |
Projected |
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Turbidity removal percentage |
99.03% |
99% |
99% |
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Percentage of State and EPA Regulatory Compliance |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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Chemical cost/mg |
$172.34 |
$185.00 |
$195.00 |
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Residuals processing cost/mg |
$40.24 |
$37.00 |
$36.00 |
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Actual |
Estimated |
Projected |
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Number of in-house laboratory tests performed |
35,000 |
35,000 |
35,000 |
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Number of contracted lab tests |
850 |
850 |
850 |
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Average Daily Demand (MGD) |
16.7 |
18.5 |
19.5 |
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Hourly process control tests |
166,440 |
166,440 |
166,440 |
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Hourly plant inspection rounds |
8,760 |
8,760 |
8,760 |
ACTIVITY HISTORY
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Fund Number: 30-7053 |
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Activity |
Actual FY 2005 |
Actual FY 2006 |
Actual FY 2007 |
Estimated FY 2008 |
Budget FY 2009 |
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Personnel Services |
$1,385,203 |
$1,453,297 |
$1,498,619 |
$1,588,514 |
$1,640,834 |
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Operations and Maintenance |
$3,398,603 |
$3,049,018 |
$3,340,901 |
$3,480,546 |
$3,898,861 |
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Capital Outlay |
$30,064 |
0 |
0 |
$64,950 |
$15,425 |
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Reimbursement from Apex |
-$734,539 |
-$876,090 |
-$1,075,916 |
-$1,118,839 |
-$1,122,988 |
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Total |
$4,079,331 |
$3,626,225 |
$3,763,604 |
$4,015,171 |
$4,432,132 |
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Authorized FTEs |
22 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
SIGNIFICANT BUDGET AND
SERVICE LEVEL CHANGES BEYOND CURRENT LEVELS
· Increase in total treatment costs due to growing population and on-going severe drought, which creates a higher demand for water.
· Significant increases in treatment chemical costs/MG treated due to higher raw chemical prices and fuel surcharges leading to higher overall treatment costs.
· Increased electric power costs leading to higher overall treatment costs.