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Show City updated on water use audit During the city council mooting, Xov. i. councilmen were updated on the progress of Die city water audit. Community Consultants, Inc., Provo, imported lo the council that of the 302 small water meters tinted, 23 were dead, 29 registered low and the rest ere within the 90 to 100 percent accuracy ac-curacy range. .... .... iheconsuuanis recommended that it ould not be cost effective to continue v.tha program to repair small water seters in the city, but they recom-oended recom-oended that the city repair four main nter meters which were either low or stooped. They also reported to the city that aht meters were in good condition, cd three meters in Maeser were not in . The consulting firm suggested that city implement a regular replacement and maintenance jrogram for water meters. The report also stated that there is a rery high night use in the w ater system i:ch could indicate leaks. The city council also viewed TV -xitoring of the city sewer system 1 itich showed how effective a $236,000 Sfiow and Infiltration project per-ixmed per-ixmed on the sewer system last nmer was. ine TV monitors showed that in-'ral in-'ral grouting, the method used by I&I s stop inflow, in some cases was successful, but in others it was not fective. The consultants reported that other jroblems affected the poor results of ielil project: low water of 77, inflow ;rob!em from laterals of private individuals in-dividuals and not carrying out recommendations of the project. |