Amador County – Amador Water Agency board of directors last week heard a report that a used plant has been relocated to Camanche.

Field Operations Manager Chris McKeage reported that a “Livermore plant removal project is completed and has been relocated to the Camanche shop building.” He reported “good feedback from Livermore management” on AWA’s crew. Director Don Cooper said AWA should send a letter of recognition from the Board President to the crew who worked on bringing the Livermore plant.

In public comment, Ken Berry said “there is a gap in my records,” and he could not find when a meeting took place about the acquisition of the plant from Livermore. He said AWA’s website should have a record of that. Bill Condrashoff said the website has bad links. The site, AmadorWater.org, had a notice saying it “is being updated during the next several months, beginning in December 2011.”

AWA General Manager Gene Mancebo said the board authorized the purchase and acquisition of the Livermore plant. Director Robert Manassero said “I made the motion.”

David Evitt asked about the status of a solar power project, saying it was too late because a grant extension had expired. McKeage said the solar approach “ran into a snag with getting companies to front the money” in a “power purchase agreement.” He said it was a small project, and “none of the companies could get a bank loan” so “we are not moving forward with it at this time.” He said they are looking at “in line generation,” in which water powered generators sit inside lines.

Debbie Dunn asked about engineering on upgrading pump stations in the Central Amador Water Project. Mancebo said that will be something they do if the agency does not go forward with the Gravity Supply Line. He said they would have to take care of the pumps, but engineering is not doing anything on their own, beyond cleaning up information they had in the past, and they plan a discussion with the board in the future.

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