CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 2 On October 12, Columbia Water held its last quarterly customer drop-in of 2017 in the Customer Care area of Washington Square. The event…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 City Manager Teresa Wilson announced organizational changes for the former Department of Utilities & Engineering and Customer Care that became effective on January…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 Clint Shealy Q. Who are you, and what do you do? CS. I am Clint Shealy and I am the Director of Utility Operations for…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 The Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) reached an important milestone in April, completing the multi-stage implementation of Cityworks® for the management of equipment maintenance…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 The City of Columbia owns and operates a sanitary sewer collection system of roughly 118 miles of major gravity sewer lines (from 15-…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 The 2016 Wastewater Treatment Plant Employee Christmas Party was held December 13. CDM Smith helped sponsor the event. WWTP Superintendent David Wiman thanked…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 The 2016 Wastewater Maintenance Division Employee Christmas Party was held December 16 at the Eau Claire Print Building. Wastewater Maintenance Superintendent Robert Judy…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 In January, the City of Columbia began holding quarterly Water Utility Drop-Ins to address water service concerns and announce Capital Improvements Program (CIP)…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 In December 2016, the Wastewater Collection and Transmission System (WCTS) experienced 14 sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) events, all occurring during dry weather. From…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 1 Congratulations to all of the City of Columbia employees honored at the 2017 South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC). The following drinking water and…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 The Wastewater Maintenance Division (WWD) began using the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT™) by InfoSense last year in its inspection program as…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 The WWD recently upgraded its Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) software technology from GraniteXP to GraniteNet. CCTV technology allows field personnel to see the current…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 In June 2016, the Wastewater Collection and Transmission System experienced four Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) events. Four of these events occurred during dry…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 In May, the Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant, Columbia Canal Water Treatment Plant, Wastewater Maintenance Division, and Clean Water 2020 participated in a diaper drive…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 On June 8, 2016, the City of Columbia held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Water Distribution and Wastewater Management facilities located at…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 The 2016 Wastewater Maintenance Division held their informal midyear BBQ on May 27, 2016, at Earlewood Park. WWD Superintendent Robert Judy welcomed the…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 City of Columbia Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant staff, Ashley Dove, James Foust,Adrian Martin, and Brandon Wilcox, were selected by the Water Environment Federation…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 The City of Columbia was recently honored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists® (AAEES) and the American Council of Engineering…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 Clean Water 2020 recently held public outreach meetings to inform the community about upcoming projects in their areas. City representatives and project managers…
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CW2020 Employee Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2 In May 2015, the City began setting out Trash the Grease goodies and other informational material at its Washington Square and Eau Claire…
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