City of Pocatello Water Pollution Control. Collections Systems, Operations, Maintenance, Laboratory and Pretreatment

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1 City of Pocatello Water Pollution Control Collections Systems, Operations, Maintenance, Laboratory and Pretreatment

2 WPC Mission statement To collect and treat wastewater at the lowest practical cost while meeting regulations and providing excellent customer service

3 Employee Count: 27 Full-time 4 Seasonal Budget Account: WPC Operation/Maintenance Budget Account: WPC Lab Pretreatment Budget Account: WPC Lift Stations Budget Accounts: WPC Operation/Maintenance Sludge Reuse

4 Budget comparison FY 15 vs FY 2016 FY 15 Revenue $10,770,661 Expenses $10,876, $5,813, $2,615, $1,292, $698, $455,735 FY 16 Revenue $10,321,338 Expenses $10,372, $6,899, $1,035, $1,235, $710, $490,765

5 Millions WPC Financial Plan for FY15 FY19 Revenue Produced $15.0 Revenues Revenue Requirements Reserves Minimum Reserves $10.0 $5.0 $ $5.0 -$10.0 5

6 WPC Cost of Service Recognizes industry standard rate making principals of WEF Manual of Practice No. 27 Identifies annual cost to provide wastewater service to customer classes Recognizes differing service characteristics Flows Strengths 6

7 Rate comparison Area Sewer Rates FY16 Residential Monthly $60.00 $54.95 $50.00 $40.00 $30.00 $48.58 $45.00 $39.43 $33.79 $29.00 $26.40 $25.90 $21.66 $20.00 $10.00 $0.00 Chubbuck Nampa Ammon Meridian Post Falls Pocatello Coure de alene Blackfoot Idaho Falls 7

8 Collection Systems Supervisor 1 Engineering Tech 5 Collections Operators 2 Seasonal Laborers 23 Lift Stations 269 Miles of Sewer Line

9 Collection-Sewer line cleaning The collection crew annually cleans 231 miles of 15 inch and under sewer lines Additional trouble spots semi, quarterly, and monthly Big line cleaning 18 inch sewer and larger Staffed 8 hours/day but on call 24/7

10 Lift Stations 23 lift stations Low lying areas along the river typically McKinley LS by Costco 5.5 mile force main Typically two to three pumps Alarms SCADA Level controlled

11 Problems that occur Roots Grease

12 Additional duties CCTV sewer lines New construction Problems Manholes raising

13 Additional duties Cure in Place Pipe (CIPP) Point repair

14 Dig Line Pocatello Dig Line Notifications Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec

15 Pretreatment and Laboratory Full time employees 1 Supervisor 1 Lead lab/pretreatment 1 Laboratory technician 1 Pretreatment technician

16 Pretreatment 40CFR, Part 403 Federally approved in 1985 Ensure public safety Protect the WPC facility Protect the Portneuf River Public education

17 Pretreatment 1,957 permitted facilities on file 429 facilities have pretreatment equipment Pretreatment staff works closely with the Collection crew by investigating discharges, spills, and complaints that are found by the collection crew On average inspections on these facilities are performed each year

18 Pretreatment There are 7 Significant Industrial Users that have monthly monitoring and sampling requirements along with twice yearly inspection and sampling requirements Annual report to EPA detailing pretreatment activities and data collected On Semiconductor UPRR Amy s Kitchen Great Western malt

19 Laboratory Provide laboratory services in support of the WWTP Collects samples in accordance with NPDES Permit #ID Runs analysis of wastewater in accordance with NPDES permit #ID Report results to EPA to ensure compliance Administers Quality Assurance program to meet Federal Regulations (40CFR,Part 136) and State regulations (NR149)

20 Laboratory Provides drinking water testing for City of Pocatello Provides plant process testing Provides testing for Industrial users

21 Water Pollution Control Facility

22 Plant Treats all wastewater from Pocatello 6 million gallons/day Chubbuck 1 million gallons/day Treats 800,000 gallons of septage per year from Bannock, Power, and Bingham counties

23 Operation and Maintenance Superintendent 1 Administrative assistant 2 Supervisors 5 Operators 1 Maintenance tech 1 Instrumentation tech 1 Electrician 2 Seasonal laborers Staffed 8 hours/day 7 days/week but on call 24/7

24 Plant history Built in 1958 Upgrade in 1974 to secondary treatment per Clean Water Act- New NPDES permit Upgrade in Chlorine/Sulfur Dioxide and #3 Digester caused by new NPDES permit

25 Plant history 1996 Headworks facility upgrade 1997 Selector basin upgrade for filament control 2001 upgrade for DAF thickener/primary clarifier rehab 2004 upgrade for Nitrification caused by New NPDES permit

26 Plant history 2015 Phase 1 WPCF Phosphorus project caused by new NPDES permit in 2012 New NPDES permit after September 2017, what will come next?

27 Capital 3011 For Capital outlay Infrastructure Sewer line problems CIPP projects Lift station projects Fixed equipment rebuild consulting services Engineering design services

28 Land Treatment Maintenance tech 1 Operator 1 Building and grounds

29 Biosolids CFR 40,Part 503 Beneficial reuse on agricultural lands City owned lands WPC=786 acres Airport=1099 acres Not able to be used=135 acres Promised=701 acres Promised to development

30 Issues moving forward Development at airport reducing land available for Biosolids application-future cost to WPC of $10M to dewater/thickening Land available in NPDES permitted area Business licenses for move in/move out