Water Filtration Plant

Keith Eisen, Water Superintendent

 

 

 

Listed below is a comparison of the previous and new water/sewer rates

 

  Water Sewer

 

 Old Rate New Rate Old Rate New Rate
 

Note: Rates indicated are per 1,000 gallons used
Billing Charge - remote reader 9.30 12.07    
Billing Charge  - non-remote reader 13.95 18.10    
Ready To Serve Charge - 5/8" meter 3.68 4.77 33.80 35.14
Ready To Serve Charge - 3/4" meter 5.51 7.15 50.70 52.70
Ready To Serve Charge - 1" meter 9.19 11.92 84.50 87.84
Ready To Serve Charge - 1-1/2" meter 18.38 23.85 196.00 175.68
Ready To Serve Charge - 2" meter 29.40 38.15 270.00 281.08
Ready To Serve Charge - 3" meter 64.31 83.44 591.50 614.86
Commodity Charge 1.46 1.89 3.51 3.65

Text Box: Important Information About Your Drinking Water Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for St. Clair    Our system is required to monitor the source of your drinking water (St. Clair River) for E.coli bacteria.  We incorrectly reported total coliform of E.coli bacteria results for the two source water samples we collected each month during October, November and December 2008.  We are required to collect these samples to determine if additional treatment of our source water is necessary.  Although this incident was not an emergency, as our customers, you have the right to know what happened and what we did to correct this situation. What should I do?           There is nothing you need to do.  The sample results that were incorrectly reported were on the source water (St. Clair River), not on your drinking water (tap water). What was done?           We revised our monitoring plan and will be sampling for E.coli bacteria twice during October, November and December 2009.  For more information, please contact Keith Eisen, Water Superintendent, City of St. Clair at 810-329-5276. Please share this information with anyone who drinks this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments nursing homes, schools and businesses).  You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail. This notice is being posted by the City of St. Clair Water Department Posted:  October 26, 2009.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Brief History

    The original pump station and city-owned power plant was constructed on the St. Clair River in 1895.  Raw, untreated water was pumped by steam driven pumps to serve a population of approximately 3,000.  In 1913, the city began adding chlorine to the water in response to a typhoid fever epidemic which struck the city.  In the 1920's, a committee was appointed to promote a new water treatment plant for the city.  On the third city-wide vote, approval was obtained to construct a 1.5 million gallon per day plant.  In 1929, the plant was constructed at a cost of $42,000.  This plant served the city until 1978 when a new $3 million plant was constructed, with the capacity to pump 3 million gallons per day.  In 2000, the plants average daily pumpage was 1 million gallons per day.

    The St. Clair Water Filtration Plant is a Complete Treatment Plant, which includes the following steps:  (1) Coagulation - the addition of aluminum sulfate; (2) Sedimentation - the settling of the coagulated material; (3) Filtration - the water filters down through sand and gravel which remove all finely divided matter held in suspension; and (4) Disinfection - the addition of chlorine and the most important part of the filtration process.

 

         2006 Water Quality Report

Water Filtration Plant

1200 Adams Street

St. Clair, Michigan  48079

Tel: 810-329-5276

Fax:  810-329-8588

info@cityofstclair.com

 

Office Hours

8:30am - 5:00pm

Monday - Friday