By Trey Starnes | Executive Director
A constant challenge at GLA is potable water. GLA buys in water trucks for all the water used in the facility; for some purposes, we use water trucks. For drinking water, we source from a different location. Nonetheless, water is an expensive, time-consuming necessity. We are constantly working to improve water retention and consumption rates. We’ve faced several challenges with our water containment that have grown increasingly worse.
Over the past couple of months, we’ve undertaken some plumbing and septic overhauls. Staff and contracted plumbers installed and repaired rooftop water storage tanks to make access easier for the nannies of our Children’s Village. We also did an investigation of septic problems and large amounts of fresh water loss. Plumbers discovered that nearly all of our fixtures in each house were leaking. This prompted the replacement of all sinks and toilets in the kids' rooms. We’ve seen our fresh water levels holding much steadier and the resulting septic challenges decrease with much less fresh water constantly filling the tank.
One final task was to complete and cap our newest septic tank for a new part of our facility. The drain lines have been connected and the masonry work for the cap is completed; all that remains is to reset the paver stones back over the area.
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