Mike Morrison from the engineering firm Frees and Nichols presented an update to the Brownwood Water Improvement District’s Board of Directors on Tuesday regarding the District’s new microfiltration water treatment plant that has been plagued with delays.

Morrison said that their attempts to modify the plant’s delivery of the proper mix of disinfecting agents to the water still does not work properly.  Tests conducted on November 30th and December 2nd did not yield satisfactory results.

Morrison said, “We are very disappointed…”

The next step in an attempt to fix the problem is to add a rapid mix unit similar to the other water treatment plant that is currently in operation.   The hope is that the rapid mix will cause chlorine and ammonia combine properly to form the disinfecting agent at the proper levels.  

No costs were available at Tuesday meeting for this new modification, but Morrison said that he would have the number by next week.

Another issue discussed at the meeting was the ending of a lease to the Denton family for land near the spillway that has been subleased for mobile home use for many years.  The lease ends on December 31st and all of the mobile homes are required to be moved off of the land by that time.

In a photo slideshow, District General Manager Dennis Spinks showed the Board of Directors photos of debris and trash being left behind in the area.  Several large oak trees have also been cut down to remove the old mobile homes.

The land was originally leased in 1978 and has been renewed over the years to several other parties. The District will reassess the area after the first of the year to determine what course of action to take if the area is not property cleaned up.