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Management for Performance Excellence MWMC's purpose and mission are to protect public health and safety, and the enviromizent by providing high quality wastewater services to the Eugene- Springfield community. To ful.Fi11 this mission., our programs, annual budgets and workplans, and daily activities are driven. by MWMC's cozumitment to meet performance targets in five key areas that indicate our success: e High environmental standards; e Fiscal management that is effective and efficient; ® A successful intergovernmental partnership; Maximum reliability and useful life of regional assets and infrastructure; and Public awareness and understanding of MWMC, the regional wastewater system, Znd ,~ n.; its relation to the Willamette River's water duality. In 2005, iv1WMC's performance indicators demon- sti-atcd continued excellence in meeting its standards and maintaining a high Icvel of service t:o the; community. Wastewater Treatment In 2005, the MWMC' provided wastewater tnanage- xnent services to a metropolitan populatiari of more than 220,000. Continuous operation of the Fiugene- Spz•ingl'ield~Vatea- Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) and 49 pumping stations enabled the MWMC to treat over 13 billion gallons of wastewater. That c;dzbats to an average of over 27 million. gallons per day in the summer and 37 million gallons per day in the winter. The water quality of the Willamette River was protected by continuous operation of the facilities to mc~c.t pollutant limits established by the Oregarr Department of hnvironn~iental Quality (DEQ) in the MWMC's wastewater discharge. permit. Biosolids Management In 2005, more than 4,.500 dry tons of hiosolids (the trcate;d solid byproducts of the ~~astewate.r treatment process) were pumped from thcWPC.F to the Biosolids Managcmc:nt: Facility (BMF). There, the hiosolids are further processed for use as a nutrient-rich soil amendment. Once fully treated to meet strict regula- tory standards, the hiosolids are dried and applied to DEQ-approved agricultural lands- In 200x, the MWMC without fail mc.t its target for hiosolids quality, which is to be twice; as good as tl~e EPA's most stringent environmental standards. The agricultural lands managed to receive hiosolids include several thousand acres of pr,ivateay-owned grass farms, au MWMC-owned grass farm, and 13iocyclc Faz-rn, which is a 600-acre faun planned for three phases of planting For hyb,,•id poplar production. In 2005, the190-acre Phase I area of Biocycle Farm, which was planted in 2004, continued to flourish. Also in. 2005, the Commission continued work to develop a Full-scale reclaimed water program to support irriga- tion at Biocycle Parzn in addition to its existing usage of reclanned water for industrial. processes at the BMP.