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The
District is made up of 10 gravel pack wells of varying depths.
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The
District has 2 treatment plants for the removal of iron and
manganese from the water.
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We
process 1,000,000 gallons through the treatment plants in a
day.
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Our
daily consumption during winter months is about 1.4 million
gallons per day.
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Our
daily consumption during summer months is about 1.8 million
gallons per day.
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Our
maximum safe yield is 2.88 million gallons per day.
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Maximum
consumption day last year was June 23rd when we used 2.6 million
gallons.
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We
have 4200 service connections in Auburn, Massachusetts.
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We
are one of three water districts in Auburn, Massachusetts, the
others being Woodland Park and Elm Hill who purchase their water
from the City of Worcester.
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We
were chartered in 1947 by chapter 585 of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
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We
service approximately 80% of the Town of Auburn.
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About
80% of our accounts are residential and the remainder are commercial
or industrial.
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We
have about 62 miles of pipe of various sizes in the system.
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We
have 3.5 million gallons of storage in tanks; 2.5 million on
Prospect Street and 1 million on Leicester Street.
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We
have 424 hydrants in town and another 82 private hydrants that
we service.
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We
are a private water company and as such do not receive any of
your tax dollars.
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We
are on call 24 hours a day for 365 days a year.
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We
do the majority of all our service connections and repair work
by our town department.
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We
are a public water supplier and controlled by EPA and DEP regulations.
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Our
operators are all licensed for either treatment or distribution
by the State of Massachusetts.
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All
our testing of water quality is done by certified laboratories.
