Monongah dealing with leaky water
system
By Richard
Babich Times West Virginian
First meeting since being selected as engineering firm for water projects
Thrasher Engineering representatives met with Monongah town council for the first time Monday since being selected as the engineering firm to design a project involving both the water and sewage in the town.
Randy Watson, of Thrasher Engineering, asked council members about both projects to see where the town stood.
Previously, the town has had plans made for their water project in certain areas, which Watson said he would need copies of.
A portion of the sewer pipes in the town are made of terracotta, which may be allow excess water to be running into the town’s sewer lines. This excess water is counted along with the sewer water, and the town is charged for it by the City of Fairmont.
He said replacing these pipes could help reduce the amount of water infiltrating the sewer lines.
“The sewage is under mandates by the government that we have to meet,” said Mayor Greg Vandetta. “The water (system) falls the same way. We have unaccountable water that we produce and we do not get reimbursed for and we are supposed to show where we are making improvements.”
The water rates and right of ways for the water lines were also discussed. Watson brought up that one of the first parts of the project that would need to be completed would be to survey the area where a new water tank would sit.
Other notes about the meeting included:
• The town approved the purchase of a $8,954.69 radiator for a generator. The radiator is part of the generator that would keep the water plant powered if electricity to the plant was lost.
• Monongah Police Chief Rick Barnhart reported the town would be receiving a donated device that would help to determine if someone’s blood alcohol content was over the legal limit.
• Vandetta reported that the town is making it well. The town lost a lot of water due to a broken line last week, but Vandetta said he wanted the workers to know that they had done a good job.
• The town received and paid for an invoice sent for a project on Fleming Street. The town is still waiting on more information from the engineering company who is waiting on information from a geo-tech about the project.
First meeting since being selected as engineering firm for water projects
Thrasher Engineering representatives met with Monongah town council for the first time Monday since being selected as the engineering firm to design a project involving both the water and sewage in the town.
Randy Watson, of Thrasher Engineering, asked council members about both projects to see where the town stood.
Previously, the town has had plans made for their water project in certain areas, which Watson said he would need copies of.
A portion of the sewer pipes in the town are made of terracotta, which may be allow excess water to be running into the town’s sewer lines. This excess water is counted along with the sewer water, and the town is charged for it by the City of Fairmont.
He said replacing these pipes could help reduce the amount of water infiltrating the sewer lines.
“The sewage is under mandates by the government that we have to meet,” said Mayor Greg Vandetta. “The water (system) falls the same way. We have unaccountable water that we produce and we do not get reimbursed for and we are supposed to show where we are making improvements.”
The water rates and right of ways for the water lines were also discussed. Watson brought up that one of the first parts of the project that would need to be completed would be to survey the area where a new water tank would sit.
Other notes about the meeting included:
• The town approved the purchase of a $8,954.69 radiator for a generator. The radiator is part of the generator that would keep the water plant powered if electricity to the plant was lost.
• Monongah Police Chief Rick Barnhart reported the town would be receiving a donated device that would help to determine if someone’s blood alcohol content was over the legal limit.
• Vandetta reported that the town is making it well. The town lost a lot of water due to a broken line last week, but Vandetta said he wanted the workers to know that they had done a good job.
• The town received and paid for an invoice sent for a project on Fleming Street. The town is still waiting on more information from the engineering company who is waiting on information from a geo-tech about the project.
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