Phone: (509) 826-1170.
Mike Ervin is the Chief Operator of the City Water Department
Corey Wilder is the Assistant Chief Operator.
Under the direction of the Assistant Public Works Director Todd McDaniel. They are responsible for checking all well facilities visually, maintaining oil levels for well pumps checking chlorination systems and record flow meter totalizer readings. They maintain certain equipment at the wells weekly, quarterly and yearly.
They are also responsible for the city water reservoirs. The city reservoirs are visually checked on a daily basis. Every quarter the pressure transmitters are checked and yearly they inspect the exteriors and the interior.
These two guys are always eager to assist our citizens with any questions regarding the water service. If you need their expertise, please call City Hall at 826-1170.
The city takes the required number of water sampled from various representative sites within the distribution system and they are submitted to the Health District Lab for Bacteriological Analysis.
Mike and Corey are also trained to use the Telemetry System. This is a wireless system run by radio waves that monitors the city reservoirs and wells. This computer system monitors the amount of water produced every minute in addition, the system will detects when the pumps are in operation or the reservoirs are running too high or low. This system is also equipped with an alarm system that notifies the city by phone that a problem exists..
Mike and Corey work together installing new water services to commercial and residential buildings. They also maintain and repair our existing water lines.
In addition to these duties, Mike and Corey read an estimated 1978 meters each month. These readings are used to calculate the monthly utility bills.
