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Additional Written Announcements:
Treatment Plant
c) Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG &E) Scheduled Outage on
October 27, 2012
On Saturday, October 27th, during a planned service interruption to install wildlife barriers
on the electrical feeders to the Treatment Plant, the plant was operated in "island- mode,"
completely separated from PG &E. For approximately six hours, starting at approximately
7 a.m., the plant electrical load was carried by the recently- restored cogeneration system,
with the standby generators available as backup. The barriers will prevent wildlife from
possibly coming into contact with the electrical feeders and causing a fault or injuring the
wildlife.
Out -of -State Travel
d) Update on District Staff Travel Out of State to Evaluate Nutrient
Removal Processes
It was previously announced that two District employees would be traveling out of state to
visit various wastewater treatment plants that are conducting pilot scale and full scale
nutrient removal studies. Senior Engineer Dana Lawson and Assistant Engineer
Samantha Engelage were scheduled to travel to Sturbridge, Massachusetts; Arlington,
Virginia; Hampton Roads Sanitation District in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and DC Water in
Washington, DC from October 30, 2012 to November 8, 2012. However, due to safety
and flight interruption concerns regarding Hurricane Sandy, the first part of the trip was
cancelled. Staff will no longer be able to visit Sturbridge, Massachusetts or Arlington,
Virginia. Instead, staff will leave on November 4 and travel to Hampton Roads Sanitation
District and DC Water, returning November 8, 2012.