HomeMy WebLinkAbout720 Boltz Dr - Correspondence/Water and or Sewer - 01/20/1972January 20, 1972
TO:. Tom Coffey, City Manager
FROM: Charles Liquin, Director of Public Works
RE: Water Mains adjacent to Boltz Junior High School
Following the fire, a review was made of the water mains in the
vicinity of the Boltz Junior High School. It has been determined that
the three fire hydrants and approximately 4,000 feet of 6 inch main
serving those hydrants is not an accepted part of the City's water
system. We have also determined that had the 10 inch line on Stanford
and Swallow been installed or had the 6 inch line on Camelot extending
north from the northeast corner of the school site been installed, the
water supply to this site would have been a different story.
I would like to point out that the School District had little or no
concern for fire protection,in that the Boltz Junior High School was
initiated without a permit from the City and with no water main at all
within a half mile of the school. I would also like to point out that
the senior high school under construction south of Drake Road and east
of Shields Street is still out of the City limits and does not have a
water main within a full mile of the site.
Going back to the water system, that portion of the City's water
system in the general area of the school is fully adequate to fight any
fire. A 10 inch main is installed on Tulane Street from Drake Road to
Swallow, a 12 inch main on Swallow from Tulane to Camelot and an 8 and
6 inch main on Stover from Drake to Swallow. Had the school been
concerned with fire protection and the line south of Swallow Drive been
completed, there may have been a difference in the outcome of the fire.
Respectfully submitted,
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Charles Liquin
Director of blic Works
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Januar-p 19, 1972
TO z Mr. Chuck Liquin, Director of Public Works
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FROM: Ed Hilgenberg, Supt. of Water & Sewer
RE Water Main Installation Adjacent To Boltz Jr. High School
WithTmemo, please be advised the following is the extent
of the water main installation to date in the area of the Boltz
Jr. High School.
There is a 6" line feeding from a 12" line on Swallow and
Stover. It then goes south to the corner of Stover and Spencer
Dr., then goes east to Spencer Dr. and Camelot where it turns
north and comes to an end about 300' or where the 6" loop that
was installed by Titan Construction Co. as a fire line to loop
the school property.
This is the only feed entering into this area and has not
been accepted as part of our system for maintenance in that the
grid must be completed and adequate feed installed to the
existing fire hydrants.
The above pipe was installed by the developers contractor
in October and November of 1971. Our asbuilt maps will show
that all of the hydrants required have not been installed nor
have the grid loops been installed -to provide the area with
proper volume or pressure.
I do not know if the hydrants were ever flow tested, but
I do know that we were not informed if they were.
There is approximately 28001+ - of 6" pipe to the first
hydrant adjacent to the Boltz School area and then 500 + - to
the next hydrant at Camelot and Spencer. From there it is
about 700' + - to the next hydrant located on the school property
or about 4000' + - of 6" pipe fed from one way to a "dead end."
I hope this will give you some idea of the problem.
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Edwin J. Hilgenberg
Supt. of Water & Sewer
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