A Publication of the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association fhe ~ystOne 1r~~ !summer 1994 Vol. VII, No. ~ Pennsylvania Rural Water ' Association Serving Water/Wastewater I..... Systems in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Rural Water Association 138 West Bishop Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823 (814) 353-9302 FAX: (814) 353-9341 Here is what people are saying about PRWA: PENNSYLVANIA Wonderview Water Co. RURAL WATER 91 Dutch Hill Rd. ASSOCIATION Bloomsburg, PA 17815 717-387-8762 6-6-94 -mlnite'b ~ ta tes ~ena t e Pennsylvania Rural Water Association WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3803 138 West Bishop Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 May 4, 1994 (814) 353-9302 FAX (814) 353-9341 Mr. Stephen M. Krchnavy Pennsylvania Rural Water Association Dear Rural Water, 138 West Bishop Street Thank you for sending out your leak detection expert Chris Shutt. Bellefonte, PA 16823 He was very helpful in finding two water leaks in our system. Enclosed, please find our application for membership from and a Dear Mr. Krchnavy. check for this year's dues. Thank you to you and the rest of the Pennsylvania Rural Water Thank you, Association members for stopping by our office to share your views. I have passed on your material and video tape on to Sena10r Wofford. You can be certain that he will keep your views in mind as the Safe Drinking Water Act #~ is considered in the Senate. John Yohey Please do not hesitate to contact our office again if we can be of further assistance. Sincerely, J""- ~~ L~ KAfiM,id.l Sara Marcus Kaplaniak BAINBRIDGE WATER AUTHORITY POST OFFICE BOX 338 • BAINBRIDGE, PA 17502 March 10, 1994 Pennsylvania Aural Water Association 138 West Bishop Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 U.S. FILTER DearPRWA, UNITED STATES FlLTER CORPORATION What do you do when you see by your well-pumping records that April 15, 1994 for as long as you can tell, your small system has been pumping an average of 40 to 45,000 gallons of water per day, and you now see Subject: PA Rural Water Association Sixth Annual Conference & Expo that you are pumping in excess of 75 to 80,000 gallons per day? I'll March 27-29, 1994 tell you what you do. You call Chris Shutt to the rescue. Mr. "leak-finder" himself was quick to fi nd the area of a leak. (I did­ DearPRWA, n't believe him.) The leak found an underground route to travel and never surfaced. We had the leak repaired, and thanks to Chris our I wanted to take a moment to thank you for all the effort that you and pumps are back to their normal pumping routine, and now I am able your organization put into this program. We were very impressed with how to focus on more pressing issues like this senseless lead and copper smooth the conference ran, and the choice of the Nittany Li on Inn was testing. great. We are looking forward to receiving a li st of all attendees to this meeting Sincerely, ~~(V_ c;~ . and are planning to attend your program next year. Sincerely, lorraine C. GanQ r ~\...~~\d)/ Business Manager Phone (717) 426-2432 Dan L. Aderholdt USF/NW P.S. We are a very small system, and we rely on contractors to do our excavating and major repairs. It would have been a big help if I could have been able to reach Chris during the excavating to answer some questions I had. Is it possible to supply him with a car phone or at least a pager? uoo rn m~ ~ ® ~lY ®~FOR AMERICA~ lfhe ~¥stoneJa~ PRWABOARD Articles and Features: OF DIRECTORS Maintaining Steel Water Storage Structures .... 3 Math Corner ............................. ........................4 Dave Quinn Guy Shaffer White Haven, Pennsylvania Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Turbine Meter and Compound Meter President Assistant Sec.-Treas. Installation: An Update ................ ......... .. .. ........ 5 Jan Gallo Patrick Regan Classified Ads .................................................... 8 Clymer, Pennsylvania Carrolltown, Pennsylvani~ Vice President Director Pirate Ticket Order Form ................................ 10 L Edmund Wilson, Jr. Robert J. Blough II Meet the Staff ............. .. .................................. 12 Alexandria, Pennsylvania Jennerstown, Pennsylvania Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Honors PRWA .... 12 Secretary Director Sequential Batch Reactor ..... .. ........................ 14 Teresa Rissmiller Elizabeth, Pennsylvania Keeping Our Drinking Water Pure .................. 18 Treasurer How To Develop and Finance Capital PRWA-Staff Stephen M. Krchnavy, Program Manager/CSO lmprovements ........................... ...................... 25 William Keller, Wastewater Training Technician Down the Well Traveled Road ........................30 Judith M. Muehl, Groundwater Technician Chris L. Shutt, Water Circuit Rider News From PRWA's Associate Members ....... 30 Charles Groff, Wastewater Circuit Rider Don't Toss lt. ................................................... 31 Debra L. Fagan, Office Administrator Sherri L. Walker, Membership/Training Coordinator One More Thing! ............................................ 37 Dick Eyler, Accountant What's On Tap ................................................37 Rash Limburger .............................................. 38 For Your lnfo ................................................... 41 National Primary Drinking Water Standards .. .42 NOTICE TO READERS When The Well Goes Dry .............................. .47 Drips and Drops ............... .............................. 50 Pennsylvania Rural Water Association would like to PRWA District Plan .........................................55 invite you to prepare a short article about your water system or other topics which would be of interest to our PRWA Trainings ... .. ........................................56 readers. We also welcome articles from our Associate members. The KEYSTONE TAP is the official publication of the PENNSYLVANIA Send your articles with black and white photographs, if RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, 136 West Bishop Street, Bellefonte, PA available to: 16823, and is published quarterly for distribution to representatives of Rural PRWA and Municipal Water Supplies. Issues are mailed free of charge to member and non-member rural water associations. Articles and photographs are 138 West Bishop Street encouraged with payment in complimentary copies. For more information Bellefonte, PA 16823 regarding this publication, contact the PRWA offtee, 138 West Bishop Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823,814-353-9302. 1 LAYNE WELL & PUMP DIVISION GROUND WATER SUPPLY WELLS a PUMPS SALES a SERVICE GROUND WATER MONITORING / RECOVERY W ELLS P.O. Box 788 • Meadvillle, Pennsylvania 16335 800-331-5651 8Q0-522-6124 (In Pa.) AREA CODE 814 [E?CM ] .. 944-2006 BCM Engineers Inc. MID-STATE CHEMICALS Engineers. Planners. Scientists Division ol E & E (US) Inc. and Laboratory Services INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS Engineering big-picture environmental solutions Van Beck . P.O. Box 430 Sales Representative Altoona. PA 16603 Fairway Laboratories, Inc. P.O. Box 1925 2900 Fairway Drive Altoona, PA 16603 Phone 814-946-4306 Water- Industrial Effluents- NPDES -lnorganics Michael P. Tyler- Technical Director Organics - Microbiology - Mine Drainage - Metals Sludges - Land· Fill Monitoring - Leachates Analytical Chemical Laboratory Pesticides- Herbicides- PCB -Soils - TCLP EPA and DER Approved Trihalomethanes- Others LEGGETTE, BRASHEARS & GRAHAM, INC. Professional Ground-Water and Em,ironmenta/ Services o Ground-Water/Surface-Water Assessments • Ground-Water Supply o Geophysics and Downhole TV o Well Efficiency o Computer Modeling o Wellfield Management o Water Rights o Wellhead Protection Exton, PA Offices (215) 363-8480 Nationwide 2 MAINTAINING STEEL WATER STORAGE STRUCTURES by Charles E. Wright, Project Eningeer, Acer Engineers & Consultants Charles E. Wright is a project engineer at Acer Repairs and Recoating Engineers & Consultants, Inc. in Lancaster, PA. Acer is a Once the storage facility is nearing the end of its coat­ multi-disciplinary architectural/engineering firm that ing life, the owner should seek consulting services to pre­ serves public and private sector clients from offices in pare a detailed inspection and report for preparing bid­ Lancaster, Limerick, Allentown and Reading in ding documents. These documents provide for competi­ Pennsylvania, in Baltimore and 1-/agerstown in Maryland, tive bids for repainting and necessary repairs. in Boston, Massachusetts and Santiago, Chile. The consultant will first determine the chemical compo­ Engineering services encompass civil, environmental, sition of the existing coating system by performing tests structural, mechanical, electrical, transportation and traf­ of the coating type and condition. The consultant will fic, as well as hydrological and flood control applications. review the facility for compliance with U.S. Occupational In addition, Acer's in-house staff includes architects, GIS Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for analysts, planners and surveyors. access and ventilation, and prepare costs for the project budget. The consultant will recommend if the existing The water system operator is constantly reminded of coating should be removed or covered and a compatible the mechanical pump equipment and failures, repairing coating system applied. Several types of tests can be water line breaks or making connections for new homes. performed to help determine the type and chemical quali­ One of the most important structures of the water system ties of the existing coating on the facility. The system just stands, often neglected for years. The storage struc­ owner's records of the original coating system also aid in ture provides drinking