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DECEMBER REPORTS 2009 EQUIPMENT SERVICES: # 1, # 9, # 60, # 71 EQUIPMENT REPAIRS: # 1- 4 NEW 255X75X17 TIRE, NEW WIPER BLADES. # 2- WIPER BLADES REPLACED. # 17- FIRE HOSE REPAIRS, REEL SWIVEL REPLACEMENT. # 21- HYDRAULIC STEEL LINE TO ARM CYLINDER REPLACED. # 24- FRONT WHEEL DRIVE ASSIST DRIVE LINE, SPLINED TRANSMISSION GEAR REPLACED, SWING PIN HOLES BORED AND NEW BUSHINGS AND PINS REPLACED. # 56- BOX SCRAPER BLADE REPLACED. # 71- ONE NEW 1400X24 TIRE MOUNTED. # 95- 2 NEW TRACTION TIRES REPLACED (1100X24.5). CANAL MAINTENANCE STORAGE CANAL: THE BRIDGE FLOOR AND RAILING WAS FINISHED AT THE HEAD GATES. NEW GRAVEL AND REFLECTIVE TAPE WAS PUT AT THE ENDS. THE OLD WASTEWAY RADIALS WERE CUT UP AND SOLD FOR SCRAP. WORK AT THE FUSE PLUG AREA WAS REQUIRED AS THE HIGHER FLOWS AT THE BEGINNING OF WINTER WATER STORAGE BEGAN TO FLOW OVER THE CONCRETE OR SO WE THOUGHT. MOST OF THE OVERFLOW WAS PIPING UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE FROM THE WEST END TO THE EAST END OF THE NORTH STRUCTURE. CONCRETE AND DIRT WERE HAULED IN TO REPAIR THE LEAK AND STOP THE PIPING. HIGHER FLOWS AND DITCH PRESSURE CAUSED THE PIPING TO REOCCUR. THE DRAIN GATE AREA WAS REPACKED AND ALSO RIPRAPPED HIGHER UP ON THE DITCH. THE HOLBROOK SIPHON HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. NOW THAT THE WATER HAS LEVELED OFF NEAR 338 CFS THE TRASH AND DEBRIS HAVE CLEARED UP. THE SERVICE ROAD NEAR THE TIMBER LAKE INLET WAS REBLADED. THE CONCRETE WALL AT

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