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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Eugene Budget Detail <br />maximize equipment life and reliability; a corrective maintenance program for repairing <br />unanticipated equipment failures; and a facility maintenance program to maintain the <br />buildings, treatment structures, and grounds. <br />BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT <br />The Residuals Management section of the Wastewater Division manages the handling and <br />beneficial reuse of the biological solids (biosolids) produced as a result of the activated sludge <br />treatment of wastewater. This section operates the Biosolids Management Facility (BMF) and <br />the Biocycle Farm located at Awbrey Lane in Eugene. The biosolids are treated using <br />anaerobic digestion, stored in facultative lagoons (which provide some additional treatment <br />benefits), and then processed through a belt filter press and air-dried to reduce the water <br />content and facilitate transport. The dried material is ultimately applied to agricultural land. <br />Biosolids are also irrigated on poplar trees at the Biocycle Farm as a beneficial nutrient and <br />soil conditioner. This section also operates the Beneficial Reuse Site which formerly served to <br />treat wastewater from food processing operations. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES <br />Environmental Services is comprised of Industrial Source Control (Pretreatment), Analytical <br />Services, and Sampling Team. <br />Industrial Source Control - The pretreatment program is a regional activity implemented jointly <br />by the cities of Eugene and Springfield. The Industrial Source Control group of the Wastewater <br />Division is charged with administering the pretreatment program for the regulation and <br />oversight of commercial and industrial wastewaters discharged to the wastewater collection <br />system by fixed-site industries in Eugene and by mobile waste haulers in the Eugene and <br />Springfield areas. This group is also responsible for ensuring that these wastes do not damage <br />the collection system, interfere with wastewater treatment processes, result in the pass-through <br />of harmful pollutants to treated effluent or biosolids, or threaten worker health or safety. <br />This responsibility is fulfilled through the use of a permit system for industrial dischargers. <br />This permit system, common to both Eugene and Springfield, implements necessary limitations <br />on waste characteristics and establishes inspection, monitoring, and reporting requirements for <br />documenting waste quality and quantity controls. The staff is also responsible for locating new <br />industrial discharges in Eugene and evaluating the impact of new non-residential discharges on <br />the WPCF. The section also has responsibilities related to environmental spill response <br />activities. <br />Analytical Services - The Analytical Services group provides analytical laboratory work in <br />support of wastewater treatment, residuals management, industrial source control, stormwater <br />monitoring, and special project activities of the Wastewater Division. The laboratory's services <br />include sample handling and analyses of influent sewage, treated wastewater, biosolids, <br />industrial wastes, stormwater, and groundwater. Information from the laboratory is used to <br />make treatment process control decisions, document compliance with regulatory requirements, <br />demonstrate environmental protection, and ensure worker health and safety. <br />Sampling Team - The Sampling Team is responsible for sampling activities related to regional <br />wastewater program functions. These include the Eugene pretreatment program, wastewater <br />treatment process control, effluent and ambient water quality, groundwater quality, facultative <br />Page 32FY 18-19 BUDGET AND CIP <br /> <br />