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ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
June 1, 2005
A meeting of the Water, Sewer and Storm Water Management Advisory Committee WSWMAC)
was held at 7:44 PM on Wednesday, June 1, 2005, in the Berger Room, Reading Town Hall, 16
Lowell Street, Reading, MA.
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In attendance were Chairman Stephen Crook, Secretary John Wood, Committee members Richard
Moore and Steve Oston, DPW Director Ted McIntire, and guests Gail Wood and John Gall (CDM).
Meeting Minutes
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 4-0 to approve the
minutes of March 9, 2005 as amended.
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 4-0 to approve the
minutes of April 13, 2005 as amended.
Water Conservation Program
John Gall from CDM joined the meeting. Ted walked through the handouts related to the existing
Water Conservation Program and minutes of the Board of Selectmen meeting on May 10, 2005.
John Gall handed out material for review by the Committee. He indicated the intention of the
Selectmen is to identify interim water conservation measures prior to membership to the MWRA
Water Works system. One option would be:
Step 1- Mandatory Odd/Even
Step 2 - Reduce Hours
Step 3 - Reduce to one (1) day per week
Step 4 - Hand held only
Step 5 Complete ban on outside water use
The recommendation was made to have only 3 steps of restrictions. Another suggestions was to use
the 3 "Levels" identified in Table 4 of the June 9, 2005 Water Resource Commission Staff
recommendation which identifies a threshold of total MWRA water use at the first day of the month
from June through October and then just add one million gallons per day to these numbers to
identify the threshold for local restrictions.
It was moved by Richard Moore, and seconded by John Wood to recommend the Board of
Selectmen institute a Conservation Policy for water restrictions as outlined in the June 9, 2005 Water
Resource Commission Staff recommendations in Table 3 and adding one million gallons per day to
the volumes listed under "MWRA Water Use Threshold" and the action levels listed in Table 4, if
Stream flow is below 18.7 cubic feet per second as recorded at the Middleton gage of the Ipswich
River. The restrictions would be based on a combination of Stream flow and total Town usage. The
motion was approved by a vote of 4-0.
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Water Issues
Water Treatment Plant - CDM and Town staff are developing alternative site evaluations for
possible relocation of the new water treatment plant.
West Street Water Main - Construction of the replacement 8" diameter water main from Willow
Street to County Road is expected to be started in late June/early July.
Irrigation Pilot Program - The control units for this pilot program have been installed in three parks
to date. We are expecting to have the units installed in fifteen residential locations within the next 4-
6 weeks.
It was moved by Steve Oston, seconded by John Wood and approved by a vote of 4-0 to adjourn the
meeting at 10.43 PM.
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