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MISSION:
With 59 year round employees, this department provides a wide range of
services to the community. These include street maintenance, water supply
and distribution, sanitary sewer collection and treatment, park maintenance,
traffic signals and street lighting, code enforcement, building inspection,
permitting, engineering for City infrastructure, refuse and recycling
collection, and City building maintenance. The skills and dedication
of the Department's staff ensure that the City of Batavia will continue
to be a great place to live, work, and play.
The Department of Public Works is organized into five divisions located
in four different facilities. A description of each, including location
and phone number is given below. Please call or write us for further information
or to offer comments or suggestions on how we can improve our service
to the community.
Department Director: Vacant
Public Works Administration is responsible for the general coordination
of the Department of Public Works, contracting, refuse and recycling,
and cleaning of City Hall and Police Departments. This is the location
for the Director of Public Works/City Engineer.
Superintendent: Ray Tourt
The Bureau of Maintenance takes care of street repair, snow plowing and
salting, parks, street signs, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, street sweeping,
leaf pickup, Christmas tree pickup, tree trimming and removal, the yard
waste station and repair and maintenance of all City vehicles. A variety
of equipment is available to perform these required task including milling
and paving machines, an array of mowers, a sign making machine, a camera
and VCR to examine sewer lines, and complete a complete fleet of front
end loaders, dump trucks and other vehicles. Although the Bureau is subdivided
into specialty areas, all of the personnel have diverse skills and perform
tasks wherever needed. This is especially evident in the winter when everybody
is called on to work long shifts plowing snow and salting streets.
The Bureau of Engineering provides professional planning, design, and
management of all improvements to the City's infrastructure whether through
the procurement and oversight of outside consultants or by performance
of the work in-house. The Bureau's technical expertise is utilized for
handling water, wastewater, drainage, street, park, and City building
projects, as well as providing engineering support for other Bureaus and
City departments.
BUREAU OF INSPECTION The Bureau of Inspection is responsible for enforcing all Federal, State,
and local regulations intended to control and preserve the safe construction,
alteration, use, and occupancy of all buildings and other structures in
the City. The Bureau administers the building code, zoning laws, and property
maintenance ordinances that enhance the quality and attractiveness of
the community. Building permits, inspections, and property maintenance
requirements can all be obtained at the Bureau of Inspection.
BUREAU OF WATER AND WASTEWATER
Superintendent: Matt Worth
The Bureau of Water and Wastewater provides the vital service of furnishing
safe, quality drinking water to all residents and businesses in Batavia.
This includes operating a water filtration plant 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. Bureau personnel are also called upon to fix water main breaks
during all hours of the day and night under the most adverse of weather
conditions. The complement to this service is the pumping and treatment
of wastewater at the City's showcase wastewater treatment facility, which
ensures that discharges to Tonawanda Creek meet all State and Federal
standards. Bureau personnel conduct an Industrial Pretreatment Program
to keep businesses from putting strong pollutants into the sewer system.
In addition to these duties, the Bureau is responsible for storm sewer
pump stations, traffic signals, street lights, City building maintenance
and water and sewer billing. The Bureau also includes the City plumbing
inspector.
ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY
REPORT
We're pleased to present to you this year's Annual Water Quality Report.
This report is designed to inform you about the water quality and services
we deliver to you every day. Our constant goal is to provide you with
a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We want you to understand
the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process
and protect our water resources. We are committed to ensuring the quality
of you water.
We have a Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of the City of
Batavia water system that was done by the New York State Health Department
on July 1998. It is available for your inspection at you water office.
It provides more information on our water sources, treatment plant and
water quality. If you have any questions about this report, concerning
your water utility, or if you have any suggestions on how we can improve
our reports and service to you please contact the water office at (585)
345-6315. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water
utility.
About Your Water System
The City of Batavia water system, ID#1800544, is operated under the
direction of the Superintendent of Water & Sewer, Matt Worth. Our
offices are located at One Batavia City Centre in Batavia City Hall. The
phone number is (585) 345-6315. We are under the jurisdiction of the Genesee
County Department of Health ar County Building #2, located at 3837 West
Main Street Road, Batavia, New York. The phone number is (585) 344-8506.
The City of Batavia has been processing its own water at the Water Filtration
Plant located at 480 Lehigh Avenue plant since 1917. Much of the original
structure is still standing, although modifications have been made through
the years. Between 1968 and 1971 renovations were completed to raise the
plan capacity from three million gallons per day (M.G.D.) to Six M.G.D.
Six new filters were added along with another precipitator unit. A total
of three million gallons of finished drinking water, which is one days
average consumption, can be Where Does Your Water Come From
Batavia use two sources of water. Two wells located at Cedar Street
provide for most of our water needs. This water is from the Tonawanda
Valley Water Shed, one of the largest underground bodies of water in the
state. Our well water is exceptionally clear with an average turbity of
less than 0.05 N.T.U. Our tests have detected no bacteria or chemical
contamination in our untreated (raw) well water. However, these wells
produce a hard water containing dissolved minerals and requires
softening to bring it to the condition most residents find acceptable.
Two supplementary wells have been developed in the well field; these await
pump systems to begin operation. The Tonawanda Creek is our other
source of water. While the creek has provided the treatment plant with
an adequate quantity and quality of water for over eighty years, it is
a surface water source and is therefore susceptive to rapid changes in
quality. Levels of turvity from runoff may quickly increase making the
creek water less cost effective to process. Creek water is used to supplement
our wells and as a backup water supply.
The City processed a total of 1.1 billion gallons of water in 1999.
We serve a city population of 16,310 and supply water to about
5,800 city customers. We sold a total of 1 billion gallons of water
in 1999. A total of 873 million gallons of water in the city and
137 million gallons were sold to the town. A total of 114 million
gallons of water (or 10%) were not metered. This was from water hydrants,
water used for city maintenance, used in parks, or water lost in leaks
and breaks.
How Do We Treat Your Water
Batavia's well water is very clear and requires little treatment other
than softening. Raw or untreated water from an intake pipe in the Tonawanda
Creek enters the water plant through mechanical screens. These screens
prevent creek debris from getting into the plant. Activated carbon can
be added here if there is a taste or odor problem. From the screens, creek
water is mixed with well water in the Flash Mixers where water treatment
chemicals are added.
Chemicals used in the water plant are ferric sulfate, calcium oxide,
chlorine, polyphosphate, fluoride, and occasionally activated carbon
. Ferrice sulfated is added as a coagulant. THis chemical neutralizes
the charges on particles suspended in the water and thus allows them to
clump together and drop out. Calcium oxide, also called Lime is added
to raw water to soften it. Batavia is one of the few water plants in
the state that Lime softens its water. Adding lime causes calcium,
magnesium and other compounds to begin to precipitate or prop out of the
water. Soft water cleans better and uses less soap to wash effectively.
This type of water softening will no add sodium to the water as can some
other types of water treatment. This extra process is one reason Batavia
can produce exceptionally clear water.
For a complete copy of the Annual Drinking Water Quality Report contact
the Bureau of Water and Sewer.
To
provide effective, quality facilities, services and programs which enhance
and preserve the quality of life in Batavia.
PUBLIC
WORKS ADMINISTRATION
City Hall, 1st floor, 345-6325
BUREAU
OF MAINTENANCE
147 Walnut Street, 345-6400
BUREAU
OF ENGINEERING
City Hall, 1st floor, 345-6325
City Hall, 1st floor, 345-6345
City Hall, 1st floor, 345-6315
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