Well plants are still pumping slightly above average, which means they’re currently water leaks in the area, assuming there’s unseen property connections that may be broke underwater at piers located by the creek and or canals.
These breaks have a potential of back siphoning that causes contamination of the water system.
To assure the safest way of disinfection, we have been and currently flushing water mains heavily at dead end water mains assuring that we are testing for a free chlorinated residuals.
Depending on our pumpage readings and the flooding today , we are ready to pull grab samples at all of our monitoring stations and deliver to the TCEQ approved public water lab for analysis by Today or Wednesday. We can not pull grab samples properly with current flooding conditions around monitoring stations that will result in the contamination of sample bottles which will result in a false analysis. If the bacterilogical analysis passes negative, we can officially lift the Boil Water Notice.
If we see water meters registering an instant flow (rapidly spinning), we will turn off the meter valves at the meter box and attempt to notify the property owners.
SEWER COLLECTION UPDATE:
Unfortunately, the heavy rains and high tide ground flooding, have flooded and overwhelmed the vacuum sewer mains very rapidly, intruding in from sewer line breaks from damaged properties from Hurricane Beryl. This has disrupted sewer service for many properties. The abundance of properties that have not repaired damaged sewer lines, caused by the hurricane, is smothering all upstream connections. We are currently at the timely process of draining each street vacuum lines to restore service.
The past heavy rains and the extreme high tide flooding, has extremely slowed the process down to drain all the vacuum mains, which at this time is effecting our entire District.
We have successfully drained vacuum mains and restored service in the following areas:
- Live Oak Bend
- Caney Creek Haven
- Oak Circle
- Creekside
- Seagull
- S Caranchua
- S Gulfview
- Dolphin Way and Intracoastal
Hopefully these areas can remain open without the intrusion of flood waters.
All other areas may have service, depending on draining process without the interference of flood waters, but currently have no confirmation at this time.
Please call Caney Creek MUD, 979-245-0245, if your sewer is backing up, to help us monitor the draining progress and/or hopefully give your sewer lines possible relief quicker or temporary while draining.
Wastewater Plant is working satisfactory.
The groundwater (storm water) intrusions are currently damaging the treatment of water quality, which causes an abundance of dead organics.
This causes a harder tougher break down of sewer strength to treat.
The discharge breakdown of pathogens is currently working well for tested total chlorination at permited compliance levels.