Administrative/Billing Division
The Administrative/Billing Division
provides support services for the Water
Department, but mainly performs the billing and collection functions for:
- Water
- Sewer
- Waste collection
- Sewage treatment (performed by the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District)
Distribution Division
The Distribution Division is charged with operating and maintaining more
than 180 miles of water mains, reading and maintaining more than 15,000
services and meters, and providing customer service. These activities
include:
- Hydrant flushing
- Installation and repair of all water meters
- Installation and repair of services and curb stops
- Meter reading
- Supervision of the installation of new water mains, repair of water mains, valves, and hydrants on a 24/7 basis
- Various customer service activities
Treatment Division
The Water Treatment
Plant has a design rate of 9.6 million gallons per day. The source of
supply for the short term is just under 10 million gallons per day
provided by fifteen wells. This is the total combined pumping capacity
of all the town’s wells.
Also included in the Treatment Division is the
Laboratory, which performs not only the sampling and testing required by
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, but also provides for the
quality control and quality assurance testing.
Responsibilities
The Treatment Division’s responsibilities include the operation and maintenance of:
- A lime softening
treatment plant
- Fifteen wells
- Four elevated tanks
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- One ground storage reservoir
- Three booster pumping stations
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Activities
Activities of this division include
the operation of:
- The Water Treatment Plant on a 24 hour per day, 7 day
per week basis as well as the repair and maintenance of:
- All wells
- Booster pump stations
- Elevated tanks
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- Telemetry equipment
- Treatment plant equipment
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