Report - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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In June 2001, the Radiochemistry Laboratory was certified by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA), Division of Nuc1ear Safety for the radiochemical analysis of potable water. The certification programs administered by the IDPH and the IEMA follow guidelines contained in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEP A) Manual for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water. These guidelines are compliant with regulations issued pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act. Currently, no fees are charged for certifications of the Analytical Microbiology Laboratory and the Radiochemistry Laboratory. Use Attainability Analysis Study The IEPA began the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Study in 2002 to determine if these waterways can support a higher use designation and meet the goals of the Clean Water Act. Most of these waterways are designated as Secondary Contact and Indigenous Aquatic Life Use and an examination of this use designation has been urged for several years by the USEP A. The District is committed in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits to participate in and support the UAA Study. The District is carrying out this commitment by making available all of the water quality and related data from its monitoring activities and has developed an unsteady-state hydraulic and water quality model of the waterway system. This model has proven useful in determining water quality impacts associated with water quality improvement scenarios proposed as part of the UAA. Since the IEP A submitted its UAA proposal to the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB), (Docket Number R08-9) in October 2007, the District has been actively participating at the hearings and has provided technical support through review of study reports, the conduct of a quantitative microbial risk assessment for recreational use of the waterways, a review of the regulatory criteria for bacterial standards, and provision of ambient water quality monitoring data. In 2010 the District, through the University of Illinois, completed the three year epidemiological study of secondary contact use of the waterways, and also completed a waterways habitat evaluation and improvement study, and filed the results of each with the IPCB in R08-9. Extensive testimony was also provided on the results of the epidemiological study and its implications regarding IEPA's proposed effluent limitations for fecal coliform bacteria. Departmental Reports During 2010, the Department published 62 formal reports dealing with various aspects of the District's operations. A list of these reports is given in Table 1. 4
TABLE 1: MONITORING AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT NUMBERED REPORTS PUBLISHED DURING 2010 Organization or Report No. Report Title Author(s) Date Conference 2010-1 Evaluation of the Settling M&R Department January 2010 Illinois Characteristics of North Side Water Kozak, J. Environmental Reclamation Plant Combined Solids Lordi, D., and Protection and Stickney Water Reclamation O'Connor, C. Agency (IEPA) Plant Preliminary Sludge 2010-2 Monthly Controlled Solids M&R Department January 2010 IEPA Distribution Report, September 2009 Oladeji, O. 2010-3 Report of the Fulton County M&R Department January 2010 IEPA Environmental Protection System for Cox, A. 2009 2010-4 Monthly Controlled Solids M&R Department January 2010 IEPA Distribution Report, October 2009 Oladeji,O. 2010-5 Annual Biosolids Management M&R Department February 2010 United States Report for 2009 Lindo, P. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region V 2010-6 Monthly Controlled Solids M&R Department February 2010 IEPA Distribution Report, December 2009 Oladeji, O. 2010-7 Monthly Controlled Solids M&R Department February 2010 IEPA Distribution Report, November 2009 Oladeji, O. 2010-8 Calumet East Solids Management M&R Department February 2010 IEPA Area Monitoring Report, Fourth Lindo, P. Quarter 2009 2010-9 Calumet West Solids Management M&R Department February 2010 IEPA Area Monitoring Report, Fourth Lindo, P. Quarter 2009 2010-10 Harlem A venue Solids Management M&R Department February 2010 IEPA Area Monitoring Report, Fourth Lindo, P. Quarter 2009 5
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APPENDIX III PAPERS PUBLISHED 2010
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