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Water and Sewer Subcommittee <br />April 22, 2003 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />commissioning, and provided the start-up services for the new facility. They <br />apply biosolids there as that is how Fayetteville disposes of their biosolids. They <br />apply 3.5 tons per day to land application sites. Ms. Ross said that her company <br />had provided a cost saving of $30,000.00. She said this plant project has won <br />several EPA and state awards. Councilwoman Neeley asked over what period <br />of time did OMI do these cost reductions. Ms. Ross said that the reduction was <br />done in the first couple of years of their operations. <br /> <br />Ms. Ross advised that they have served Georgetown, Texas, since 1993 and they <br />have multiple water and wastewater facilities. They have 11 plants and they just <br />started up two new wastewater treatment facilities and they helped them do a <br />review of their engineering design along with helping start-up their facilities. <br />She said they have done several plant improvements for them, and what that <br />enabled them to do is to postpone some of the more expensive capital <br />improvements that they had planned to do. <br /> <br />Ms. Ross said that Temple, Texas, has a very similar size wastewater plant, from <br />what she understands, to the wastewater plant in Paris. She advised the <br />Committee that they have provided them service since 1994 for a 7.5 MGD <br />facility. They have 15 lift stations and they run their industrial pre-treatment <br />program. Ms. Ross said they were able to install a telemetry system for them on <br />their lift stations, improve the treatment quality, and lower chemical and power <br />demands. They also installed an Operator-10 computerized data management <br />system so that all of the treatment plants can be tracked. It had all the history <br />and can generate many useful reports for the public works staff and council. <br /> <br />Ms. Ross advised that when client cities come to them and they are considering <br />contracting their operations and maintenance services, what the prospective <br />clients tell them they are looking for and what they value most are stable water <br />and wastewater rates and life cycle costs, environmental stewardship, cost <br />effectiveness, better service, world-class experience, resources and solutions that <br />the prospective clients do not have access to, value-added service for the <br />community, reduced risk, and uninterrupted service for customers. They also <br /> <br /> <br />