Some Sewage Treatment In Atlanta Georgia

For your viewing pleasure, here is my very first attempt at an iMovie. I used a canned format and added a very short, actual video that I shot driving by the R.M. Clayton plant in Atlanta, Georgia. Unfortunately, I had about 16 seconds of video and the movie format was for more footage. Oh well, you will see a longer version than there actually was.

https://youtu.be/j1jxIpcSrv4

Street Repair/Modern Art!

Yes, our streets are getting fixed from the sewer equipment's wear and tear. Here is what it looked like on my street today. All the little cracks were getting filled with the black gunk out of a tube out of a holding tank on the back of a truck. The guy with the shovel had to smooth it down and spread it a bit. The County guys were really friendly and didn't mind my inane questions or the fact that they were going to wind up on a sewer blog! Anyway, it looked  like the day stayed cool for them; fog, I hope, made their work a little easier.

I have seen less attractive art in galleries. Not their intent to create it, but sometimes street art really is street art. 

Addition to BOS Agenda 4/21/15

Yes, it's baaaaack.......!

ADDED ITEMS 
CLOSED SESSION 

PENDING LITIGATION 

18. Los Osos Community Services District v. Golden State Water Company, et al. 



The question is: Will it ever be over?

BOS Has Los Osos' Streets on Agenda

Off the Consent Agenda for the April 21, 2015 Board of Supes meeting:

• Bid Opening:

2. Letter transmitting plans and specifications (Clerk’s File) for 2014-15 Micro Surfacing, Los Osos, for Board approval and advertisement for construction bids. Bid opening date set for Thursday, May 21, 2015. District 2. 

See support documents.

Consent Agenda - Public Works Items:

11. Submittal of bid opening report for the 2014-2015 Asphalt Overlay of various roads in Los Osos, to award the subject contract to CalPortland Construction, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $1,996,426. District 2.

See support documents.

And, oh groan, once again, will this NEVER end?

0. Closed Session Items: 

0. 4. Los Osos Community Services District v. Golden State Water Company, et al. 
   

April 7- BOS LO Water Conservation Rebate On Agenda

0. Consent Agenda - Auditor - Controller - Treasurer - Tax Collector Items:
   
1. 
   
   9. Submittal of a follow-up compliance audit of the Los Osos Water Conservation Rebate Program. District 2. 
   
   
   http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/Proposal.html?select=4505
   

Sewer With A View

(Click on each image for larger view.)

I took the fascinating tour of our sewer-in-process Tuesday and was amazed at the scope of it (especially the treated water ponds-to-be), and just how cool it looks in its still-raw state. There was a pretty good crowd, but as I missed the last tour, I can't compare numbers. I kept people out of the shots in case they did not want to be seen on a sewer blog (but I know who some of you are)!

Here are scans of the front and back of the hand-out:

There will be six or seven people working here once it is up and running. The water shown in the oxidation ditch being tested for leaks came from rain! I was out of town for that event, but apparently 2.5" fell in one day and it was pumped into the tank from the collection basins, hence the brown look on the bottom of the one on the left, that is 3" of silt. 

The large green areas on the handout "front" are the ponds, the large one for recycled water, the small one for stormwater. They will be lined with a plastic called Hypalon©.

Sludge will likely go to Santa Maria, to Engel & Gray.

I'm not altogether sure I can identify what pix I took by name other than a couple of buildings. So here's what we saw on the tour. You will have to imagine the hefty wind blowing to get more of the actual experience.

Administration Building

Recycled Water Storage Pond

Stormwater Retention Pond

Secondary Clarifier (front), Oxidation Ditch (rear)

Electrical Building

A nice contrast between the old and the new......