ADVISORY - UPDATE 6:30 p.m./Skinner Treatment Plant Resumes Full Operation, Cooperation among Water Agencies Averted Delivery Issues.TEMECULA, Calif. -- Normal water deliveries resumed this evening at the Robert A. Skinner water treatment plant, operated by the Metropolitan Water District, about nine hours after a malfunction caused temporary reductions to water agencies serving Southwest Riverside and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. counties. Full operations resumed by 6 p.m. The malfunction, which began at 9:15 a.m., caused treated water to enter an emergency outflow pipe that empties into a nearby creek. "We are pleased both by the quick work of our dedicated staff and the close cooperation with the water agencies we serve," said Debra Man, Metropolitan's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "The good news is that Metropolitan and the water agencies served by our Skinner treatment plant had already developed contingency plans to handle a scenario very similar to the one we experienced today. The plan worked." Earlier this year, Metropolitan, the San Diego County Water Authority, Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County, Eastern Municipal Water District and other local retail water agencies developed a water demand management plan to provide options on how best to meet water needs in the region until additional treatment capacity is added to the Skinner plant. Construction is under way for a $76 million treatment module to meet increasing demands from the water agencies served by Skinner. The additional unit is scheduled to go into service in Spring 2007. The management plan identifies feasible conservation measures and other temporary steps that would help reduce demands during periods of hot weather. Today's malfunction caused one of two water treatment units at the Skinner plant to go offline while technicians investigated the cause and determined how best to quickly and safely resume normal operations Generally and collectively, the broad functions that a combatant commander undertakes when assigned responsibility for a given geographic or functional area. Except as otherwise qualified in certain unified command plan paragraphs that relate to particular commands, "normal operations" of . When the malfunction occurred in the morning, water was entering nearby Tucalota Creek at 420 cubic feet per second A cubic foot per second (also cfs, cusec and ft³/s) is an Imperial unit / U.S. customary unit volumetric flow rate, which is equivalent to a volume of 1 cubic foot flowing every second. for approximately one hour until the flow could be stopped. About 33 acre feet of treated drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. was spilled into the creek. An acre foot An acre foot is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, and river flows. is about 326,000 gallons, enough water to provide the needs for two average Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, families in and around their home for a year. The malfunction occurred when a gate leading from the treatment modules closed without warning, forcing water into an emergency relief valve. The cause of the malfunction is under investigation. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other water-management programs. |
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