Newsletter Vol. 6, No. 1
Metro WWTP Reaches Remaining Plant CD Requirements
Meet Your Co-Workers
A critical component of the EPA Consent Decree (CD) is the Maintenance Management System (MMS) within the Wastewater Treatment Plant Program, which is comprised of six individual program requirements. Each implementation requirement is formalized via a completion memo, the last two of which TK Killius, Lead Wastewater Plant Maintenance Technician, reviewing were recently approved by maintenance work orders in Cityworks®. WWTP Superintendent David Wiman. This final pair of MMS reports meet specific CD obligations, implementa on requirements involves outstanding work order and equipment but they also provide data useful to staff in managing plant maintenance. failure reports. While previously available through manual queries, these Earlier this year, the MMS Steering reports can now be easily generated Team was established to maximize as needed by staff via custom Crystal the impact of Cityworks® for the reports in Cityworks®. Not only do the WWTP. The formation of the team coincided with the hire of two new key positions at the plant—Lynn Wilkes as Not only do the Planner/Scheduler and Mike Foisy as reports meet specific Assistant Plant Superintendent (see breakouts on page 2 for background CD obligations, but on these two employees). Clean Water they also provide 2020 program staff members will remain involved in a support role as data useful to staff use of Cityworks® is fine-tuned, but in managing plant completing the final two requirements maintenance. reflects the intended transition of duties to City staff.
Prentiss Brooks Q. How long have you been with the City of Columbia and what do you do? A. I have been employed in Wastewater Maintenance for 24 years. I’m the Safety and Training Coordinator. My job responsibili es are to ensure all 95 employees are trained in safety procedures for the division, such as CPR and First Aid. I also handle new employee training for the division and cer fica on training, like CDL training, defensive driving, and whatever else is required. Q. What is the most interesƟng thing about you that we wouldn’t learn from your work bio? A. When I have the me, I love to grill and bake. I also do some catering in my spare me. Q. What’s the best experience you’ve had working for the City of Columbia? A. I have so many, I’ve worked with some great people over the years, and learning skills for my job from them has been one of my best experiences. Q. Dancing or singing, and why? A. Singing. I dance worse than I sing.