Willard water plant upgrade progressing
The improvements on the Willard water plant were continuing the month started, the city's municipal government reported.
As of Nov. 4, Mosser Construction was working on forming and pouring the walls of the clarifier, Willard City Manager Bryson Hamons said in a written report to city council.
The concrete slab has been poured, which took 175 cubic yards of concrete, he reported.
"The foundation for the chemical building addition has also been poured, and the roof has been patched from where the silos previously sat in preparation for a new roof on the existing water plant building," Hamons detailed.
In other work at the water plant, Hamons reported that:
-- the raw waterline easement has been cleared for access in case access is needed in an emergency.
-- The 3-mile raw waterline pumps nearly 1.5 million gallons daily of untreated reservoir water to the water plant to be treated for use.
-- The floating dock at the reservoir will be removed soon due to lower water levels in the reservoir.
"When favorable conditions allow, water will be pumped out of the West Branch of the Huron River to refill the reservoir," Hamons wrote. "This happens on an annual basis typically in the winter."
The city of Willard's website notes that:
-- The plant was originally constructed in 1970, and was upgraded in 2004.
-- The water plant currently produces an average of 1.3 million gallons per day to supply the population of Willard, the village of Plymouth, and Northern Ohio Rural Water.
-- The raw water source is the West Branch of the Huron River.
-- Raw water from the river is pumped to a 215-acre up ground reservoir that holds 2.3 billion gallons