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SOUTH BEND PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />224 North Main Street <br />P.O. Box 1714 <br />MICHAEL L. VANCE <br />Director of Utilities <br />Members of the Council <br />Common Council <br />City of South Bend <br />Dear Council Members: <br />CITY of SOUTH BEND <br />ROGER O. PARENT, Mayor <br />COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 <br />November 3, 1981 <br />219/2849322 <br />There will be presented at first reading of the November 9, 1981 <br />Council Meeting an ordinance approving a contract between the Board <br />of Water Works Commissioners and the firm of McDonough Engineering, <br />Inc., and appropriating the sum of $18,000 to contractual services <br />to fund the above mentioned contract. McDonough Engineering, Inc. <br />is being hired to design improvements at the Edison iron removal <br />plant generally referred to as Phase II of that plant renovation. <br />Basically the work entailed in this project revolves around the <br />expansion of the size of the clear well from 50,000 gallons to 450,000 <br />gallons. When completed the expanded clear well will provide greater <br />water storage which will allow for longer backwashing periods of the <br />filters, and constant water flow. Currently the smaller wet well <br />causes shortened filter backwash runs and a great amount of turbu- <br />lence in the City which will not allow rust to settle out. <br />As I previously stated, it is anticipated that Phase I and II <br />when completed will allow the stopping of adding polyphosphates to <br />suspend rust. It is estimated by the engineer that this expansion <br />will cost approximately $200,000. The design work will be done in <br />such a fashion that it may be used at the Pinhook iron removal plant <br />if desired in the future. <br />If you have questions, please feel free to contact my office. <br />'� Sincerely,7� \ <br />V�.. V Q.'.� <br />Michael L. Vance <br />Director of Utilities <br />MLV /mtw <br />cc: John L. Leszczynski <br />