if I were in Jackson, I might just drill a well for 'agricultural' water and share with my neighbors until the 'system' could deliver 'good' water.
The author of the words to that song said he had no particular Jackson in mind, but did comment he liked the sound of the hard consonants better than the soft sound of Nashville. Most people who recorded the song have associated it with Jackson Tennessee.
..Simply exercising valves once or more a year would save millions but why bother when you only get grant money if your system is in shambles.
The first thing we always did when we arrived at a plant that needed help was ask for their O&M docs.?ÿ Every plant built or upgraded in the last 30 years that spent fed. money has one somewhere.?ÿ 75% of the operators and management I've run into have never seen those docs.?ÿ We found O&E manual in a manila envelope in a records drawer.?ÿ It was over 15 years old and had never been opened.
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40- years ago as a fresh out of college graduate engineer I worked on the construction of an upgrade to a wastewater treatment plant in Chattanooga.?ÿ Since the funding was partially from EPA we had COE and EPA regulations to go by.?ÿ A portion of my job was to assemble the O&M manuals.?ÿ The specifications required?ÿtwelve?ÿbound, in 3 inch ring binder, copies of ANYTHING which went into the plant.?ÿ Have you ever tried to come up with an O&M for wallpaper, for a valve wrench, or linoleum tile??ÿ I had about 30 feet of wall space, 5 shelves high filled with 3 inch ring binders.?ÿ I got chewed by one of the inspectors when I refused to drill holes in the hard backed manuals for the Mack trucks so they could be put in a ring binder.
Andy
back in the 90's I had a large project in Jackson. After that, the client (local engineering firm) hired me to do a couple of days of training. Then they offered me a job. Seemed like a good firm, but I just couldn't see myself (and my family) living there. BIG difference from western PA.?ÿ
