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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />OCTOBER 17, 2005 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />AGREEMENT WITH SEVERN TRENT <br />WATER PURIFICATION, INC. FOR <br />CHLORINATOR POWER SUPPLY <br />UPGRADflS <br /> <br />! <br />~' <br /> <br />~ECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2"' Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY MA AGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Severn Trent Water <br />Purification, Inc. for chlorinator power supply upgrades in the amount of <br />$79,920. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana utilizes Chlor-Tec sodium hypochlorite generating <br />units to provide disinfection for our active water production wells. On- <br />site sodium hypochlorite generators for each well provide a low strength <br />0.8% solution. A total of 14 generators are currently in operation. <br />These units were fabricated and installed by Chlor-Tec incorporated in <br />2002 and have provided safe and reliable disinfection of the city's <br />drinking water supply. <br /> <br />However, Chlor-Tec was acquired by Severn Trent Water Purification, Inc. <br />Severn Trent provides parts and service for Chlor-Tec equipment but the <br />power supplies originally furnished with the City'S Chlor-Tec units are <br />no longer available. Rebuilt power supplies have been used when <br />available, but they are becoming increasingly hard to find and are <br />unreliable. The existing power supplies are failing on a more frequent <br />basis. <br /> <br />In order to continue reliable operation of the Ch1or-Tec units, the power <br />supplies must be replaced with new units at all 14 installations. The <br />cost for this work is $79,920. An alternative would be to replace all <br />existing Chlor-Tec hypochlorite generation units with new units. The <br /> <br />25G-1 <br />