From: Andy Peters

Sent: Thu Feb 01 09:18:47 2018

To: Gerald Fisher

Cc: Adam Shultz; Jake Ehredt

Subject: FW: New WO#697: We would like to pressure

Importance: Normal

 

Gerald,

 

Adam, Jake and I came up with an easy way to ensure other saddles on

Storey are not leaking without requiring excavation. The work order below

explains the plan - so if we run in to any questions in the future (say,

from our insurance company) we I'll have documented our risk management

steps.

 

If we find pressures still dropping we will talk about exploring the

remaining service saddles. Let us know if you have any thoughts.

 

Andy Peters

City of Molalla

Public Works Operations Supervisor

(503) 829-6855 x220

Cell: 503-793-0507

apeters@cityofmolalla.com <mailto:apeters@cityofmolalla.com>

117 N Molalla Ave

Molalla, OR 97038

 

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From: MolallaOps@CityOfMolalla.com [mailto:MolallaOps@CityOfMolalla.com]

Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 9:14 AM

To: apeters@CityOfMolalla.com; apeters@CityOfMolalla.com

Subject: New WO#697: We would like to pressure

 

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NEW WO#697 requested by apeters. Promise Date: 2/16/2018 12:00:00 AM

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We would like to pressure leak test Storey Dr, to ensure no other service

saddles are leaking. This should tell us if further exploration is needed.

During hot tap for bear creek we saw pressures drop rapidly on shutdown.

We now know this was due to the leaky tap that ultimately cause Storey to

fail. Now that the tap is fixed, we should see the line holding pressures.

if not, we should suspect further leaking going on. This is a risk

management action, to ensure we are doing everything we can to avoid

damage to customer property (like cars parked on the road) See Jake and

Adam for further details.

 

1) Set up static pressure gauge on hydrant at end of line.

2) Notify all customers, then turn off all curb stops.

3) Turn off isolation valve. stopwatch the pressure gauge to 50 psi.

4) Turn on isolation valve and recover pressure before dipping below

20psi.

5) Note results and whether we think Storey is still leaking.

 

 

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