Eugene/Springfield Water Pollution Control Facility 1984-1991

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FACILITIES MAINTENANCE ^ GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary goals of Facilities Maintenance are to maximize the useful life of Wastewater Division facilities and equipment and to maintain a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment. These goals are accomplished through effective coordination and planning of facilities and grounds mainte- nance. The section is responsible for scheduled and un- scheduled maintenance of all division facilities and groups, including the regional plant, the Sludge Management Facility, the Cannery Waste Man- agementFacility, and the 41 local and regional lift ^ FACILITIES The Facilities Maintenance staffuses several work spaces and storage areas throughout the Wastewa- terDivision facilities. The 800-square-foot shop is used for meetings and for tool, storage, locker, and small equipment storage. The Maintenance Build- ing also houses the supervisor's office and a paint room and lunch room that are shared with the Equipment Maintenance staff. Two outside stor- ^ EQUIPMENT The Facility Maintenance staff uses various pieces of heavy and small equipment. Aneight-ton crane truck provides the capacity needed to lift heavy loads, such as grit removal and pump lifting and installation. Two portable six-inch trash pumps - skid- and trailer- mounted -provide enough pumping capacity to handle most temporary pump- ing operations. A 150-kilowatt trailer-mounted emergencygeneratorrneets backup power needs in the event of lift station power outages and is available for other portable power supply need. In January 1990, the Facilities Maintenance sec- tionaccepted responsibility for dredging, hauling, and applying sludge. Equipment used for these stations. The section also provides a variety of support services to Operations, Residuals Manage- ment, and Equipment Maintenance. Support ser- vices include crane service, sludge hauling and application, wet well cleaning, basin and clarifier hosing, excavation and repair of underground sys- tems,generator setup, and operation for providing emergency power to pump stations. The section takes on specialized work, such as protective coating application, herbicide applica- tion,crane operation, confined space entry, trench- ing, and shoring and minor construction. age bays contain small equipment, tools, herbi- cides, fertilizers, and other equipment and sup- plies. A separate Steam Cleaning Building, which also is shared with Equipment Maintenance, has one bay for steam cleaning operations and two bays for equipment and material storage. operations includes a lagoon dredge, five diesel tractors, five liquid tank trailers, and fourdry-box trailers. Othermaintenance equipmentusedbythe section includes aten-yard dump truck, aone-ton flat bed truck, aone-ton crew cab utility truck, and two large mowers. Various hand and power tools also are available and maintained. The facilities sec- tionalso operates two large front-end loaders, two Ford 4-wheel-drive tractors, and two spreaders. Staff frequently rent backhces to excavate at the plant, pump stations, Sludge Management Facil- ity, and Cannery Waste Management Facility.