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City of Burlington

City of Burlington. Department of Utilities EMS Team Randall Kornegay, Stephen Shoaf, Clarence Sell, Jay Sykes, Mike Sutton, Mike Reaves, Steve Haller. City of Burlington. Population: Approximately 43,300 Two wastewater treatment facilities

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City of Burlington

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  1. City of Burlington Department of Utilities EMS Team Randall Kornegay, Stephen Shoaf, Clarence Sell, Jay Sykes, Mike Sutton, Mike Reaves, Steve Haller

  2. City of Burlington • Population: Approximately 43,300 • Two wastewater treatment facilities • Approximately 14.4 million gallons of wastewater treated daily • Treatment facility staff = 30 employees • Twenty-nine pretreatment program industries • $328,400 spent on chemicals in 1998 • $1,022,773 spent on electricity in 1998

  3. Our introduction to an EMS • One of our local pretreatment program industries invited us to an ISO 14001 Pilot Program roundtable meeting so we could learn more about what they were doing. • We began to see how this program would not only benefit the industry, but could also benefit our organization.

  4. Benefits • Enhanced performance of treatment facilities through optimization • Protection of the environment • Better relations with the regulatory agencies • Better efficiency of raw material usage (chemicals, power) • Better relations with pretreatment industries • Cost control for favorable customer rates

  5. Benefits (cont.) • As a public agency in the public eye • Improved public image (perception) • Positive public involvement • Open dialogue of community concerns • Odors, Noise, River discharges • Opportunities for public education • Improved identification and tracking of legal requirements involved in the operation

  6. Benefits (cont.) • Improved employee awareness of the importance and impact of their job • Environmental review of new projects • Conversion of an inherently dangerous work environment into a safer environment for all

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