KRMA News
January Monthly Report
by Edie Surprenant
Monday, 25 February 2008
KRMA’S JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS
During January, the high flows due to melting snow and flooding conditions were a challenge for KRMA. From January 8th through the 11th, KRMA was discharging directly to the Kankakee River. The IEPA was informed of this issue.
The annual IEPA inspection at KRMA is scheduled for February, 26, 2008.
PAS Consulting continued solar and wind data recording during the month. Clever Monkey Media also continued operations training filming.
Travellers Insurance has recommended that the transformers and the switchgear be checked on a regular basis. BC Systems is evaluating the main switchgear.
The retirement party for Bob Latham and Jim Rigney is scheduled for Saturday, February 16, 2008. The family style dinner will begin at 5:00 p.m. at the Brickstone on Latham Dr. in Bourbonnais.
During January, operations and maintenance staff completed 418 scheduled /preventative maintenance work orders and 394 repair orders. At the end of January there were 128 open work orders. There are approximately 113 open work orders at this time.
INFLUENT FLOW
Table 2.1 summarizes total flow and average daily flow to the facility from each municipality.
ODOR ISSUES
There were no odor complaints during the month of January.
EFFLUENT QUALITY
Table 3.1 summarizes the effluent quality data.
SAFETY
Jack Renchen is on a workers’ compensation leave due to a slip/fall which resulted in an injury to his right knee. At this time, his surgery has been scheduled for January 8, 2008. His return to work is scheduled for early February based on his therapy progress.
PERSONNEL
Adrian Davis was promoted to the position of Instrument Specialist. He will be working with Shaun Ownbey on various projects.
An employment ad for the open Operations position ran during the month. Interviews were held in late January.
Negotiations for the union contract began on October 31, 2007, and are continuing.
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Hours of work in the maintenance department:
Hours of Scheduled Work Orders Performed: 418
Hours of Repair Work Performed: 394
Hours of Corrective Work Performed: 7
Hours of Training (includes safety training): 30
Hours of Safety Upgrades Performed: 3
SLUDGE HANDLING
The total amount of sludge at the end of was approximately 2,900,000 million gallons.
Downloadable Files
 Table_2.1.doc
Downloadable Files
Table_3.1.doc
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