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Maintaining Compliance During Disaster
Emergency plans were set into motion in late September when heavy rain from Hurricane Joaquin was forecasted to impact the City. From September 30, during the historic flood, and into the weeks following, the staff at the Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant went well above and beyond the call of duty...
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Improvements at Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant Promote Sustainability
In July 2015, the City of Columbia began construction of a two-year, $25 million Anaerobic Digester Rehabilitation Project at the Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant. Improvements include refurbishing the existing anaerobic digestion facilities...
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Sanitary Sewer Overflows Increase at Year’s End
In December 2015, the Wastewater Collection and Transmission System experienced 21 Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) events. Fifteen of these SSOs were the result of wet weather events...
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Wastewater Treatment Plant 2015 Employee Christmas Party
The 2015 Wastewater Treatment Plant Employee Christmas Party was held December 16, 2015. CDM Smith sponsored the catering...
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Wastewater Maintenance Division 2015 Employee Christmas Party
The 2015 Wastewater Maintenance Division Employee Christmas Party, was held December 11, 2015, at the Earlewood Community Center. Carolina Tap & Bore sponsored the catering...
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Metro WWTP Staff Present Hach WIMS Dashboards
Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Laboratory Supervisor Sarah Hickman and Chief Operator Adrian Martin demonstrated their Hach Water Information Management Solution (WIMS) dashboards...
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Employee Training Strengthens Division
Training helps employees perform better and work more effectively. Providing City staff the ability to further their careers...
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New Training Opportunities for Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant Staff and Wastewater Maintenance Division Supervisors
In November 2015, the WWTP and WWD began using a cloud-based data management system...
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Clean Water 2020 Update: City Making Strides in System-wide Sewer Overhaul
On July 9, 2013, the City launched the Clean Water 2020 program – an overarching revamping and revitalization of its wastewater collection and treatment system.
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City Hosts Fats, Oils & Grease Workshop for Commercial Kitchens
The City of Columbia recently hosted a training session on managing fats, oils and grease in commercial kitchens...
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City Council Approved Signing Proposed Consent Decree
On September 3, 2013, City of Columbia Council approved an ordinance authorizing the execution of a proposed consent decree ...
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Introducing the CW2020 Program
Over the last month, the City of Columbia’s Department of Public Utilities has begun to role out a new program that will result in the rebuilding and modernization of the ...
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City of Columbia Achieves Significant Results in Reducing Fats, Oils and Grease Blockages
Reducing SSOs is the City’s top priority. Since overflows peaked in 2008, City staff has been working full-time to identify problems in the system and to work out ...
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Developing a Hydraulic Model of the City’s Wastewater Collection System
Everyone knows that wastewater flows downhill but how does it flow through more than 1,000 miles of piping within the City’s collection system to the Metro WWTP? ...
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