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The document outlines the process an organization took to identify operational inefficiencies and areas for improvement. It hired a consultant to assess operations and develop a list of issues, which a steering committee then reviewed and prioritized based on environmental, safety, budgetary, and community impacts. The organization established targets to maintain suspended solids and BOD below certain levels through equipment upgrades and emphasizing high performance. It also set a goal to eliminate offsite odors completely by installing a new scrubber.

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The document outlines the process an organization took to identify operational inefficiencies and areas for improvement. It hired a consultant to assess operations and develop a list of issues, which a steering committee then reviewed and prioritized based on environmental, safety, budgetary, and community impacts. The organization established targets to maintain suspended solids and BOD below certain levels through equipment upgrades and emphasizing high performance. It also set a goal to eliminate offsite odors completely by installing a new scrubber.

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“process for identifying operations and waste streams where equipment malfunctions and

deterioration, operator errors, and discharges or emissions may be causing, or may lead to:
1) releases of hazardous waste or other pollutants to the environment;
2) a threat to human health or the environment; or
3) violations of environmental requirements”.

To accomplish this step, CCMUA hired the consultant Camp Dresser & McKee
Inc. to conduct an assessment of operations and develop a list of inefficiencies
and ineffective operations, as well as a plan for how to address each. CCMUA’s
EMS Steering Committee discussed the list and ranked the items according to
environmental, safety and health, community, and budgetary impact.

EMS OBJECTIVES, TARGETS, AND PROGRAMS


Based upon the EMS Areas of Focus, CCMUA is working towards the following
environmental targets, with example programs and key activities:

1. Maintain suspended solids and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) below 20


ppm, with a target of below 15 ppm.

• Improvements to sludge thickening and dewatering capability in order to


remove sludge efficiently. CCMUA believes that this action was the most
important for improving water quality performance.
• Improvements to primary and final sedimentation tanks.
• Internal emphasis on performing beyond permit levels.

2. Complete elimination (100%) of offsite odors.


• Installed new chemical scrubber at plant headworks
before starting are re-evaluated considering the changed environment.

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