 The gauge at the right displays the most recent Shawnee
Lake No.1 level based on real time USGS data. You can view more
data and information on the Shawnee Lake No 1 levels
as well as view recent historical level information by
visiting the
USGS Shawnee lake site. Note this is an external site not
managed by the City of Shawnee.
Another
useful online site is the
US Drought Monitor that tracks current drought
conditions across the United States and can be used to visualize
the current issues.
It is our goal to provide
sufficient and safe water at the lowest possible cost to the
citizens of Shawnee.
The
City of Shawnee utilizes the Shawnee Twin Lakes as its raw water source.
They have an estimated combined storage of 34,000 acre feet with a surface
area of 2,436 acres and dependable yield of 4.3 MGD. The North Deer Creek
reservoir project is complete and will increase the raw water available to
the community. The Pottawatomie County Development Authority is the owner
and developer of this project in partnership with the City of Shawnee. The
dependable yield of the North Deer Creek project is 4.5 MGD. Water from
the three lakes will be used on a rotating basis to protect the water
rights and provide for the needs of the City, PCDA and other users.
The Line
Maintenance Division, with a staff of
23, maintains more than 150 miles of water main, more than 10,000 water
meters from ¾" to 6", 15 miles of raw water lines, 135 miles of
sewer mains, and ten lift stations. Maintenance includes repair and
replacement of water mains, sewer mains, and service lines, operation and
repair of valves, repair and replacement of fire hydrants, repair and
rehabilitation of manholes, and video inspection of sewer mains. One crew
spends eight hours every day jet cleaning sewer mains to keep them flowing
properly.
The City of Shawnee has four water storage towers
with a total capacity of 2.5 million gallons. The addition of an
additional one million gallon storage tower has been recommended by staff
to accommodate peak hourly flows. It may be funded from existing reserves
in the next fiscal year.
The
Water Treatment Plant produces an
average 4.4 million gallons of potable water each day. The water treatment
facility located on south Kickapoo near the North Canadian River consists
of two separate treatment plants. Plant No. 1 is rated at 4.1 MGD. Phase I
of the WTP Improvements was completed in January 2002 and increased the
capacity of that plant to 9.0 MGD for a total of 13.1 MGD. Eleven
dedicated employees provide around-the-clock operation of water treatment
facility that provides potable water for the residents of Shawnee, Meeker
and the customers of the Pottawatomie County Development Authority.
Plans for Phase II of the WTP
Improvements are being completed. Phase II will provide a new
pre-treatment process to minimize the development of disinfection by
products (THMs and HAAs). Funding is available and construction should be
started in the fall of 2002.
The
Northside Wastewater Treatment Plant
increased to 3.0 million gallons per day by a $3,500,000 project completed
in June, 1997. The plant currently treats an average of 1.59 MGD of
wastewater each day, much of which comes from the industrial area located
in the northern area of Shawnee. As a part of the Northside Plant
expansion a new interceptor line was installed from Wolverine Road and
Harrison to the plant. That project eliminated a lift station and provided
increased capacity to the industrial areas north of the plant.
Improvements at the plant included two new clarifiers, increased sludge
digestor capacity, a new chlorine basin and chemical building.
The
Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant
currently treats an average of 2.27 million gallons of wastewater each
day. It has a capacity of 3.0 MGD. The Southside Treatment Plant serves
the area south of the ridge line that divides the city. This
includes the central business district and the major residential areas of
the City. Both plants have excess capacity. The population equivalent of
the treatment plants is 46,000.
The
Industrial Pretreatment Program was
approved by EPA in 1983 and revised in 1993. Objectives of the program
include the following:
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Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the
POTW which will pass through or interfere with the treatment
operations and/or the use or disposal of the municipal sludge;
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Improve the feasibility of recycling and
reclaiming municipal and industrial wastewater and sludge;
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Enforce applicable Federal Categorical
Standards and requirements; and
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Generally, to reduce the health and
environmental risk of pollutants discharged to the wastewater
collection and treatment system.
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