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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Springfield Budget Detail <br />i <br />CITY OF SPRINGFIELD <br />~ ~ REGIONAL WASTEWATER PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES <br />~;: <br />' The City of Springfield manages administration services for the RWP under a contract with. the <br />MWMC. The programs maintained by Springfield to support the RWP are summarized below <br />I and are followed by Springfield's regional wastewater budget summaries. Activities, and <br />therefore program budgets, for MWMC administration vary from year to year depending upon <br />~ the major construction projects and special initiatives underway. A list of the capital projects <br />' ~ Springfield staff will support in FY 05-06 is provided in Exhibit 3 on page 20. <br />~ ~ MWMC ADMINISTRATION <br />The Springfield Environmental Services Division and Finance Department provide ongoing <br />support and management services for 1VIWMC. The Public Works Director and the <br />Environmental .Services Manager serve as the MWIVIC Executive Officer and General Manager, <br />respectively. Springfield provides the following administration functions: financial planning <br />management, accounting and financial. reporting; risk management and legal services; <br />coordination and management of public policy; coordination and management of regulatory and <br />' permit compliance issues; coordination between the Commission and the governing bodies; <br />long-range capital project planning and construction management; coordination of public <br />information, education, and citizen involvement programs; -sewer user customer service; and <br />coordination and development of regional budgets, rate proposals, and revenue projections. <br />.INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT (SOURCE CONTROL) .PROGRAM <br />~~ ~ The Industrial Pretreatment Program is a regional activity implemented jointly by the cities of <br />Eugene and Springfield. The Industrial Pretreatment section of the ESD is charged with <br />administering the program for the regulation and oversight of wastewaters discharged to the <br />' sanitary collection system by industries in Springfield: This section is responsible for ensuring <br />that these wastes do not.. damage thecollection-system, interfere-with wastewater treatment <br />' ~ processes, result in the pass-through of harmful pollutants. to treated effluent or biosolids, or <br />~ ~' threaten worker health or safety. <br />This responsibility is fulfilled in part, by the use of a permit system for industrial dischargers. <br />' This permit system, .common to both Eugene and Springfield, implements necessary limitations <br />on waste characteristics and establishes inspection, monitoring, and reporting requirements for <br />:documenting waste quality and quantity controls. The Industrial Pretreatment section is also <br />` responsible for locating new industrial discharges in Springfield and evaluating the impact of <br />-those discharges on the regional WPCF. As of February 2005, there were 15 significant <br />{ industrial users under permit in Springfield: The Industrial Pretreatment .Program. also addresses <br />the wastewater discharges of some commercial/industrial businesses through the development <br />and implementation of Pollution Management Practices. Pretreatment program staff also <br />coordinate pollution prevention activities in cooperation with the Pollution Prevention Coalition <br />of Lane County. <br />4 <br />:;,,, <br />(._;., <br />Page 42 FY OS-06 BUDGET AND CIP <br />,, <br />