Is the operation and maintenance (O&M) of our water or wastewater system as efficient and effective as it should be? Is the organization of the operation and maintenance staff well suited to the tasks at hand? Do we have the right number of staff? What improvements should be considered? How do our O&M costs compare to those for similar systems? Are our public agency O&M costs competitive with a private operator’s costs? Smith Culp Consulting has been helping cities and agencies answer these questions for many years and here are a few examples:
- An annual review of O&M for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District serving the Denver, CO area. The District has retained us for 15 consecutive years to conduct these reviews.
- Two analyses of O&M of the Muskegon, MI land application system where 11,000 acres of corn are irrigated with treated wastewater.
- An O&M review for the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, CA for two treatment plants with a combined capacity of 240 mgd.
- Evaluated O&M of water treatment plant serving Dallas, TX.
- Evaluated O&M of four wastewater treatment plants and two water treatment plants serving Lafayette, LA.
- Evaluated O&M procedures at three wastewater treatment plants, for the Aliso Water Management Agency, Orange County, CA.
- Evaluated O&M of water treatment plant serving Austin, TX.
- Conducted a review of the organization and staffing levels of eight wastewater treatment plants for the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Conducted a review of the organization, energy consumption, costs, and staffing levels at a 10 mgd wastewater treatment plant for the City of Portland, OR.
- Conducted a review of the organization, energy consumption, costs, and staffing levels at two 10 mgd wastewater treatment plants for Clackamas County, OR.
- Evaluated O&M of a 12 mgd wastewater treatment plant for Watsonville, CA.
- Evaluated O&M of a 115 mgd wastewater treatment plant for the Trinity River Authority, TX.
- Evaluated the staffing and organization for a 91 mgd wastewater treatment plant serving Las Vegas, NV.