The Trinity Bay Conservation District is continuing work to permanently fix an odor and taste problem tied to the West Water Treatment Plant in the Anahuac area. At its meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 14, the board approved Plummer and Associates to conduct an iron, manganese, taste and odor evaluation of the plant for about $43,800.
General Manager Jerry Shadden said the study should take about three months because Plummer already has much of the data from earlier evaluations. Shadden said the district has shut down one of the plant's three reservoirs and is operating from another. He said the shut-down reservoir was treated with copper sulfate and the plant was cleaned out, so there should be no more sludge there. "Everything seems to be working very well," Shadden said.
Shadden said the district is waiting on LJA Engineering to finish approvals with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to reroute the suction line, which would help treat each pond individually. He said LJA is also working to determine why the plant is not producing the 2.5 million gallons a day it should. Board Director Les Hankamer pointed out, and Shadden confirmed, that once Plummer completes the study, a second study should not be needed.
The board also approved Electrical Field Services Inc. to install a new sewer pump station on Texas 563 and FM 2041 for $62,300.