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Infrastructure

Goal 2: Support and Expand Programs to Reduce Environmental Impacts
Objective 1: Mitigate Operating Costs and Impact on Environment
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Wastewater Collection Clean 20% of sewer lines 6” through Economic Development and Capital
INF Initiatives 15” Investment (Water)
2.1.3
Summary:
6" ‐ 15" Sewer Lines Cleaned
The City of Arlington Water Utilities entered into the (Linear Feet vs. Total Footage)
Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Voluntary Initiative
30%
established by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in 2005. In order to 25%
participate, the City of Arlington agreed to evaluate its
sanitary sewer system and develop an action plan that 20%
includes a schedule of dates detailing when corrective 15%
or preventative maintenance will occur. Arlington
10%
Water Utilities has also established a goal of cleaning
20% of sewer lines 6” through 15” annually. 5%
0%
Update: Total 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
AWU cleaned approximately 6.2 % of the 6‐15” sewer Footage
th
lines during the 4 quarter of the fiscal year. This
equates to 22.51% for the fiscal year. In addition,
Arlington Water Utilities has initiated in‐house cleaning
of lines larger than 15”, through the procurement of a
vehicle designed to clean these larger lines. Sanitary
sewer lines larger than 15” make up 6.2% of the total
sanitary sewer lines within the City of Arlington.

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