SOUTH CARY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY

 

Additional information about South Cary Water Reclamation Facility may be obtained by contacting Cecil Martin, Superintendent at (919) 779-0697, through e-mail at cecil.martin@townofcary.org, or by visiting the Town’s website at www.townofcary.org.

 

 

TOWN OF CARY GOALS AND INITIATIVES

Town Focus Areas

Focus Area I:

Community Planning

Focus Area II:  Infrastructure

Focus Area III:  Financial Condition

Focus Area IV:  Municipal Services

Town Goals

Achieve a well-planned community using innovative and proactive planning approaches and techniques.

Ensure that roads, water and wastewater facilities, parks, and other infrastructure exists for the existing citizens and for the future needs identified in the comprehensive plan.

Achieve a stable and strong financial position by accurately estimating, prudently allocating, and managing financial resources.

Achieve a high level of service to the citizens in a prompt, reliable, responsive, and cost-effective manner.

Town Initiatives

(pages 2 and 3 of this document contain full descriptions of each Town Initiative)

Growth Management

  Long Range Water Resources

Housing Program

Comprehensive Planning

Land Use Plan

Environmental Concerns

Infrastructure and Level of Service Standards

Fiscal Plan

Water, Wastewater, Transportation Infrastructure

Broad Band Technology Services

Long Term Financial Plan

Performance Measurement

Short Term Financial Planning

Review Operations

Cost Consciousness and Sustained Service Provision

Public Involvement

*Departmental Goals and Initiatives

 

 

 

 

 

1,2

3,

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   5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The Departmental Goals and Initiatives referenced in this table are itemized below beside their respective number.  Each departmental goal and initiative likely supports multiple goals and initiatives of the Town of Cary.  For presentation purposes, the primary goal and initiative has been chosen.

 

DEPARTMENTAL GOALS AND INITIATIVES

Wastewater Treatment

1.       Treat up to 12.8 million gallons of wastewater per day from the collection system in the south side of Cary.

2.       Provide preventive and corrective maintenance for the main plant, a biosolids processing facility, and related facilities and grounds.

3.       Discharge treated effluent to Middle Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River.

4.       Run reuse system.

Biosolids Management

5.       Manage the operation of the biosolids dryer in order to produce a quality product as cost-effectively as possible.

 

FY 2008 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

·         Refined Plant Biological Nutrient System with the addition of North Plant Biosolids drying.

·         Fine tuned Thermal Biosolids Dryer Operations.

 

KEY PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

·         Meet or exceed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) limits for Coliform, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Ammonia, Suspended Solids, Total Nitrogen, and Total Phosphorous.

·         Maintain operational direct budgeted costs at less than $1.75/1,000 gallons of treated liquid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES


Performance Measure

Actual
FY 2007

Estimated
FY 2008

Projected
FY 2009

Compliance levels with State Pollutant Regulations:

 

 

 

                Fecal Coliform

<2/100 ml

<2/100 ml

<2/100 ml

                BOD (summer)

<2.0 mg/l

<2.0 mg/l

<2.0 mg/l

                BOD (winter)

<2.0 mg/l

<2.0 mg/l

<2.0 mg/l

                Ammonia-N (summer)

<.5 mg/l

<.5 mg/l

<.5 mg/l

                Ammonia-N (winter)

<.5 mg/l

<.5 mg/l

<.5 mg/l

                Total Nitrogen (annual)

2.0 mg/l

2.2 mg/l

2.4 mg/l

                Phosphorous

.81 mg/l

.75 mg/l

.80 mg/l

      No. pollutant compliance violations

0

0

0

 

KEY WORKLOAD INDICATORS


Workload Indicator

Actual
FY 2007

Estimated
FY 2008

Projected
FY 2009

Maintenance work orders completed

4,400

4,500

4,550

Million gallons of wastewater treated per year

1,864

1,600

1,900

Operational costs per 1,000 gallons treated

$1.62

$1.75

$1.75

Biosolids Dryer pellets, in tons

3,118

3,200

3,200

ACTIVITY HISTORY

Fund Number:  30-7052

 

Activity

 

Actual

FY 2005

Actual

FY 2006

Actual

FY 2007

Estimated

FY 2008

Budget

FY 2009

Personnel Services

 

$1,021,285

$1,259,044

 

$1,307,346

 

$1,390,440

 

$1,475,761

 

Operations and Maintenance

 

$1,422,965

$1,514,206

 

$1,708,496

 

$2,050,804

 

$2,187,845

 

Capital Outlay

 

$6,161

$30,203

 

0

0

 

$11,900

 

Total

 

$2,450,411

$2,803,453

$3,015,842

$3,441,244

$3,675,506

Authorized FTEs

20

20

20

20

20

 

 
SIGNIFICANT BUDGET AND SERVICE LEVEL CHANGES

·         Start implementing odor control recommendations.