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Your Little Rock Wastewater provides several functions along
with multiple layers of services within each.
The Maintenance and Construction Division investigates complaints
and inspects, cleans, repairs and does some replacement of
all sanitary sewer lines within the collection system. Mack
Vought is the Manager of the Maintenance and Construction
Services Division, which includes the Construction and Repairs;
Cleaning and Inspection, and Facilities and Equipment departments.
Maintenance crews work primarily from the Clearwater Operations/Maintenance
Complex, while 23 additional employees work at LRW’s two treatment
plants and provide service and maintenance to the pump stations
and administration office.
During 2003, all three departments worked more closely together
as the division developed the Plan 66 initiative. Plan 66
is a three-year plan to reduce dry-weather overflows to no
more than 66 per year. The implementation of Plan 66 includes
the addition of new positions, vehicles and equipment. The
plan also includes procedures to provide grease education
for residential, commercial and industrial customers through
public education methods such as meetings, handouts, signage
and brochures inserted in LRW bills.
The Maintenance and Construction Division contracted the treatment
of 10,716-feet of mainline with an environmentally-friendly
chemical substance that removes tree roots from sewer lines.
This new process saves money by eliminating the need for crews
to manually clean the mainline. The division also:
- Completed 28 capital projects totaling $1-million.
- Hand and hydro cleaned 2.6-million feet of sewer lines.
- Cleared 381,052 feet of right-of-way.
- Repaired 193 broken sewer lines.
- Maintained all engine/generators on line without major
repairs.
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STONE WARD