Water Maintenance and Transmission

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Juan Fuentes

UTILITY DIRECTOR

Lorenzo Sanchez

WASTEWATER SUPERINTENDENT

Daniel Mendiola

WASTEWATER PLANT

• Discharging treated wastewater to the farm land in compliance with NMED permit DP-281. • Discharging treated wastewater to the Rio Hondo

River in compliance with EPA permit #NM0020311. • 1,083 million gallons of wastewater has been treated and discharged to farmland and Rio Hondo. • We had a kickoff meeting on December 14th for the

Dewatering Facility design. Expected completion is as follows: • Preliminary 60% design package - March 14, 2021 • Pre-final 90% design package - May 28,2021 • Final design package - July 30,2021

COLLECTIONS CREW

MANHOLE REHAB PROJECT

Currently underway. Completion is set for early 2021. Manholes have a grout sprayed on to fill any voids then with a 150 mil Raven top epoxy coating and completed with a new ring, lid and concrete collar to meet existing grade. • Project cost: $204,343.03

COMPLETED 5TH STREET SEWER PROJECT

July 14th 2020 took off with a pre-construction conference with J and H Services and city staff. J and H installed 600’ of 8” sewer line, two manholes and 13 4” sewer laterals, and removed and replaced fences. • Project cost: $161,744.56

LAB

No projects or significant changes in the lab. Running daily and monthly analysis on treated wastewater to ensure we continue to comply with EPA and NMED requirements.

2020 HIGHLIGHTS

1,308 million gallons of wastewater treated

Daily and monthly analysis to ensure EPA and NMED compliance

Manhole rehab project

City Wastewater Treatment Lab running smoothly.

Treated water being discharged.

WATER MAINTENANCE AND TRANSMISSION

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Juan Fuentes

UTILITY DIRECTOR

Lorenzo Sanchez

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Water Maintenance and Transmission (WM&T) is responsible for the maintenance and repair of over 300 miles of City water main and over 10,000 customer services.

This is completed with a staff of 26 broken down into: • 3 4-person Maintenance Crews • 1 5-person Construction Crew • 1 Utility Locator • 2 1-person Hydro excavators • 2 Warehouse Staff • 4 Administration 300+ miles of city water main

26 employees on staff

4,029 8-1-1 Call Before You Dig tickets

2020 HIGHLIGHTS

10,000+ customers

Daily maintenance on city water mains and customer service lines

8-1-1

PROJECTS

Several projects were completed this year. The department is responsible for assisting Engineering and the contractor to insure a quality product for the City.

GARDEN AVENUE BRIDGE

During the Garden Avenue Bridge project, it was decided to replace and realign several sections of water main and customer services. We also decided to not replace one of the water line crossings, saving the City several thousands of dollars. Replacement and realignments were completed with future projects in mind.

LARGE-DIAMETER VALVES

Several large valves have been replaced a different locations around the City. These are on our larger transmission lines and a used to control water flow during emergencies. There will be more of these projects as we continue to update our water infrastructure.

DAILY MAINTENANCE

Crews complete daily maintenance on water mains and the City side of service to customers.

8-1-1 REQUESTS

Water Maintenance and Transmission is responsible to complete the 8-1-1 Call before you Dig requests. This is done in conjunction the Special Electronics Department to ensure the City’s underground facilities are not damaged.

During 2020, the department responded to clear 2,631 tickets, marked 1,273 tickets and had requests for 125 other 8-1-1 Dig requests.

The department was also successful in changing a Maintenance Worker position to an Underground Utility Locater Technician. This created a dedicated staff position responsible for completing locates.