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Monthly report for the Village of Cayuga Heights WWTP
January 16, 2017
This past month has been a busy one at the plant. We have been doing our monthly maintenance
and readying for the new Belt Filter Press. We have been gathering the information needed for
the bid process and coordinating with Brent Cross on the hauling of liquid sludge to the City of
Ithaca. We have arranged to have the price reduced for hauling with Dickson Environmental.
Those savings start on January 16, 2017.
The Belt Filter Press has reached the end of its operation, and we can no longer run it efficiently
enough to warrant its use.
We have put together an Operation and Maintenance Plan, as requested by the NYSDEC.
Included in the plan is the Wet Weather plan, written Sampling plan, and the plant’s Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP). We are working with Lubrication Engineers on a written
preventative maintenance plan with a computer reminder system.
We are also working with Pleasant Valley Electric on an alarm system for the facility, along with
an energy study including Auburn Armature, Inc. (AAI) for an upgrade on the lighting at the
plant. They are recommending LED lights. This should come with a savings in electricity. We
also will get a refund on upgrades.
Facility Maintenance
We have rehabbed and painted the old lab in the Press building, and we are now working on
getting the main office building prepped for painting.
Installation of a new secondary sludge pump will commence when the pump is delivered. We are
also exploring options for three new recirculation pumps for the Trickling Filters. The pumps
that are in place are close to 45 years old, and we believe new pumps will be more efficient and
less costly to operate.
We have cleaned the Primary and Secondary Clarifiers and removed the green tint caused by
dyeing of flow to find leak in piping. In the coming month, we will be changing the filter socks
on the tertiary filters and getting the used ones cleaned.
Daily Operations
The facility is running well and our monthly testing is well below the parameters set by
NYSDEC.
PARAMETER NYSDEC LIMIT Cayuga Heights Effluent
December 7th RESULTS
BOD 30/45* mg/l 2.0
TSS 30/45* mg/l 7.5
Total Phos. 0.35 mg/l 0.23
NH3 Monitor <0.3
Fecal Coliform 200/400 0
PARAMETER NYSDEC LIMIT Cayuga Heights Effluent
December14th RESULTS
BOD 30/45* mg/l <2.0
TSS 30/45* mg/l 5.0
Total Phos. 0.35 mg/l 0.23
Fecal Coliform 200/400 0
PARAMETER NYSDEC LIMIT Cayuga Heights Effluent
December21st RESULTS
BOD 30/45* mg/l 2.8
TSS 30/45* mg/l 12.5
Total Phos. 0.35 mg/l 0.24
Fecal Coliform 200/400 0
PARAMETER NYSDEC LIMIT Cayuga Heights Effluent
December29th RESULTS
BOD 30/45* mg/l 2.9
TSS 30/45* mg/l 1.5
Total Phos. 1.0 mg/l 0.098
Fecal Coliform 200/400 0
PARAMETER NYSDEC LIMIT Cayuga Heights Effluent
DecemberAverage RESULTS
BOD 30/45* mg/l 2.43
TSS 30/45* mg/l 6.63
Total Phos. 1.0 mg/l 0.199
Fecal Coliform 200/400 0
*45 mg/l on a 7 day average. 30 mg/l on a 30 day average.
Mg/l=Parts per Million
Any questions feel free to contact me to discuss.
Thank you,
John McGrath
YAWS Environmental Process Control.
Ectree3@aol.com
607-423-4129