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i <br /> ~ ii <br /> <br /> i i <br /> Working ith his supervisor, Ken designed an attachment to fit the debris <br /> tank. Wen the design was completed, Dave Boriak from the Wastewater <br /> Treatmen Plant, Fleet supervisor Jerry Burtraw, and Gene Hine, a mechanic at <br /> the Flee shops, fabricated and welded the device. The total cost for <br /> design, abrication, and installation was less than $500. <br /> The atta hment increases efficiency by reducing the number of times the <br /> machine ust be filled each day from nine times to five. For each fill up, <br /> the sewe jet machine must leave the job site and travel to the nearest fire <br /> hydrant. Each fill up takes 20 to 30 minutes, depending on travel distance. <br /> The atta hment saves the crew approximately 120 minutes a day that can be <br /> used on dditional sewer line maintenance activities. <br /> The new ttachment also increases the amount of sewer line that can be <br /> cleaned teach location. Now an operator can clean as much as 1,300 feet of <br /> line wit out refilling, rather than the usual 400 to 500 feet. The crew can <br /> now clea an average of 4,000 feet of line per day (if major debris or other <br /> obstruct ons are minimal), as compared to the previous average of 3,000 feet. <br /> That's n arty a mile of additional sewer line a week. <br /> For a $5 0 investment, this is a significant improvement in productivity. <br /> Other Pr ductivit Im rovements <br /> Maintena ce's Wastewater Collections staff are seeking other ways to improve <br /> service elivery to the public. Ken Koen, Maintenance crew supervisor, <br /> working ith the combination truck and jet rodder operators, is identifying <br /> i <br /> <br />