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1 WASTEWATER DIVISION PAGE 3 ADMINISTRATION The year 2003 brought challenges and resulted in accom- Golf Tournament. It made a difference to us to be able to plishments for the Administrative Team due to the transition do something to help him, and that we were actually able to in staffing. With Marcia (Program Spec B) leaving, there contribute. His family warmly aclrnowledged the contribu- was asense of chaos at first. It was pretty much an instant tion which came from all of us. It was a true sense of team- change. We didn't want anything to "slip through the work among all the departments. crack," so we frantically redistributed her workload. We had to learn new procedures that normally would take some We're sure all of you appreciate our brilliant idea to support training, but we needed to be able to do them right away. In the EPD Krispy Kreme fundraiser. We initiated getting ap- addition, we have concentrated on doing full backup cross- proval to buy S dozen donuts and distributed them to every- training on all Administration job functions. We are also one. We'll try fo keep on thinkin during 2004. currently working on developing an on-line desk manual for i off ce procedures so we won't be caught in this difficult po- Our team considers the workplace environment very impor- ~ sition in the future. This experience has definitely made us tant. We've implemented efforts for improving the atmos- a stronger team. phere in the front office. This idea was inspired by Peter. You may have noticed our mascot, Happy, floating around j The front office was very involved with the fundraising ac- the counter. This smiling icon represents a FUN GROUP tivities at Wastewater. which doesn't allow negative.attitudes. We are also looking for a smile from you when you're in our area. The year Angelin, with the help of Donna and Cliff, was the coordi- 2003 brought us closer together and made a positive differ- nator for the United Way Campaign. With the efforts of ence. everyone here, we increased our donations 9% over last year. This was quite a significant increase and will benefit BRING (~N 2,®04 many in our community. E i The Administrative Team worked with Todd to organize - na A e Y B E r r fundraisers for Joe Stark. We did Pizza and Bread and the P E R K i N s i PUMP STATION I The wastewater facilities' Distributed Control System All of the old pumps, motors, controls, and variable fre- (DCS) was extended to Willakenzie pump station when the quency drives were replaced with standardized, modern system upgrade was done. Willakenzie is the largest pump units. A third truly redundant pump was added to ensure ~ station in the collection system and it has the greatest effect better reliability. Other improvements to the station include on the plant during high flow events. By using the DCS to anew ventilation system, a force main isolation valve, a j control the pump station output greater flexibility is af- new driveway for wet well access, a fresh coat of paint, forded which ensures the plant processes are properly setup landscape improvements, and an overlay in the parking lot. to most effectively treat higher flow volumes. It's pretty much a brand new pump station and it works very well now. ~ ~ ~ y ; ~ ~ The Valley River pump station was completely eliminated ~ a~ '.=rt h . ~ ~ ~ by the construction of a gravity collection system to serve - ; F ~ the entire development in the area of Valley River Center. j _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ For years the pump station suffered from excessive infiltra- F, ' tion /inflow due to an oversize pipeline installed long be- fore the EBI was even conceived. Public Works Mainte- ~ ° ~ nance also had a lot of trouble with grease in the laterals due to the excessive depth of the old system. The construction a of the new gravity system was an opportunity to bring the ~ ~ ' system in this area up to modern engineering standards and - will serve the area for many years -BOB CAN7Y j Irvington pump station underwent a major upgrade project.