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Spring Rain Barrel Sale A City of Grinnell & Imagine Grinnell Partnership
	Grinnell residents will receive $25 off any rain barrel purchased from Upcycle Products, a company that manufactures rain barrels from re-cycled food grade barrels. The rebate is limited to 1 per household and 100 total for Grinnell residents. Non-residents who would like to buy a barrel and Grinnell residents wishing to buy more than one barrel can purchase barrels at full price. The barrels will be delivered to Grinnell for pick-up on Saturday, May 7th from 10 am to 12 pm in the parking lot of the Grinnell Hy-vee. Residents can also purchase a range of accessories for their rain barrels as well as tumbling composters for pick-up on May 7th with their barrels.
To view the barrels and accessories that are available and to make orders and payments, visit www.upcycle-products.com.  Click on the link for Grinnell, Iowa on the right side of the page. If you would like a paper order form to mail in to Upcycle Products or if you have questions about the rain barrel sale, please contact Jordan Scheibel at Imagine Grinnell at jordan.scheibel@gmail.com or (641) 236 5518 or call Upcycle Products at (815) 735 9583.

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Grinnell Water Treatment Facility

The City's Water Treatment Plant staff provides the day to day operation of the plant, 5 deep wells and responsible for the maintenance of the distribution system.

Water is derived from four Jordan aquifer wells. Well #5 was drilled in 1920 to a depth of 2,220 feet. Well #6 was drilled in 1926 to a depth of 2,500 feet. Well #7 was drilled in 1955 to a depth of 2,500 feet. Well #8 was drilled in 1974 to a depth of 2,510 feet.  Well #9 was drilled in 2002 to a depth of 2,378 feet.

Water treatment consists of forced draft aeration, detention of water in a 1.0 million gallon baffled detention tank (10-11 hrs.), softening through 4 Zeolite media softeners, caustic soda for pH adjustment, polyphosphate injection for corrosion control, and sodium hypochlorite disinfection. The plant has the capacity to produce 3.2 million gallons of water per day. Pressure and storage for the distribution system is provided by a 300,000 gallon elevated storage tower located south of the water plant. The department has a standby diesel motors/generators to operate wells and high service pumps.

Owner: City of Grinnell
Address: 927 4^th Avenue
City: Grinnell
State: Iowa
Zip: 50112
Phone: 641/236-2600

DESIGN CAPACITY:
Million Gallons/Day: 1.4 (daily average) 3.16 (daily maximum)
Population Equivalent: 14,000

NOW TREATING:
Million Gallons/Day: 1,410 (1/2007 - 12/2007)
Maximum Gallons/Day: 2,723,000
Population Equivalent: 14,100
Population Served: 9,105

WELLS:
#5 Well - located at 702 Main Street
#6 Well - located at 702 Main Street
#7 Well - located at 626 West Street
#8 Well - located at 1313 1^st Avenue
#9 Well - located at High Street

RESPONSIBLE OPERATOR(S)
Jan B. Anderson - Water Resources Director
James Brown - Supervisor
Blake Cooper - Operator
Scott Crecelius - Operator
Aaron Schultz – Operator

Grinnell Water Pollution Control Facility

The City's Water Pollution Control Plant staff provides the day to day operation of the plant, 6 lift stations and is responsible for the maintenance of the collection systems. Plant staff is also responsible for the maintenance of the storm sewer collection system.

The City of Grinnell Water Pollution Control Plant consists of a rotary trickling filter plant with separate sludge digestion. Treatment units include mechanical bar screens, grit removal, two circular primary clarifiers, a single rotary trickling filter, two circular final clarifiers, a single anaerobic digester, a 0.75 million gallon sludge storage tank, and a three cell storm water equalization basin with a 16 million gallon capacity.

Owner: City of Grinnell
Address: 3976 20th Street
City: Grinnell
State: Iowa
Zip: 50112
Phone: 641-236-2600

RECEIVING STREAM:
Stream Name: Unnamed Tributary to Sugar Creek to the North Skunk River

DESIGN CAPACITY:
Million Gallons/Day: 3.71 (daily average) 5.00 (daily maximum)
Pounds BOD/Day: 2,310
Population Equivalent/Bod: 13,860

NOW TREATING:
Million Gallons/Day:
Pounds BOD/ Day: 2,100
Population Equivalent/BOD: 12,600
Population Served: 9,105

LIFT STATIONS:
I-80 Lift Station - located south of Stage Coach Road and east of Hwy 146
Farmhand Lift Station - located at the intersection of Pinder Avenue and Hwy 146
S.E. Lift Station - located at 1301 1^st Avenue
N.W. Lift Station - located .5 mile north of the intersection of 16^th Avenue and Reed Street.
14th Avenue Lift Station - located at 1520 14th Avenue
Melrose Lift Station - located at 4 1/2 Melrose Lane

RESPONSIBLE OPERATOR(S):
Jan B. Anderson - Water Resources Director
Jack W. Griffith - Supervisor
Rick Puls - Assistant Supervisor
Marvin Roovaart- Operator
Rick Springer - Operator

Drinking Water Quality Report

We are pleased to present to you the 2008 Annual Water Quality Report. This report contains important information regarding the water quality in our water system.

2007 Annual Water Quality Report