Mission

Regional Wastewater Facility Operations Department

The Regional Wastewater Facility Operations Department is responsible for the proper operations of the treatment facility and of effluent flow, conducting laboratory testing to ensure quality, and reporting any problems as needed. The regional facilities include Alum Creek Water Reclamation Facility and the Olentangy Environmental Control Center.

The daily essential job functions performed by the department include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct routine inspection of entire treatment facility
• Perform routine analysis for NPDES reporting using approved standard operating procedures.  Take samples and record data reflecting continued operation of the treatment facility including carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, total solids, total volatile solids, e-coli, and fecal coliform.
• Monitor the facility, and all SCADA computers, and reports abnormalities or problems to supervisor or on call personnel.
• Calibrate, operate, and maintain complex laboratory equipment.
• Identify and classify aquatic organisms with a microscope.
• Conduct laboratory testing procedures to determine condition of biomass and to help calculate quality of waste.
• Field-testing for treatment facility include the following: pH, chlorine residual, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, ammonia, nitrates, phosphorus, aeration tank concentrations, and return sludge concentration.
• Perform routine and corrective repairs and take preventative measures to protect equipment.
• Perform routine grounds maintenance including, but not limited to, mowing, trimming, snow removal, painting, mulching.
• Responsible for various forms of data entry, logging and other forms of record keeping.
• Clean and maintain specific areas of facility as assigned.