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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO<br />

2009 BUDGET<br />

KIRIE WRP<br />

• Continue Contract 01-353-2M, Pumping Station Rehabilitation, to replace the raw sewage pumps and piping, which have<br />

served their useful life;<br />

• Replace pump motors, obsolete magnetic drives, and variable frequency drives (VFDs) with new energy efficient motors<br />

and VFDs under Tertiary Filter Rehabilitation, New Pump VFDs and Other Plant Improvements Contract 04-824-2P;<br />

• Upgrade miscellaneous electrical equipment, replacing indoor transformers, obsolete fire alarm system, and roadway<br />

lighting under Electrical Equipment Upgrade Contract 01-817-2E;<br />

• Replace three high pressure house air compressors which have served their useful life;<br />

• Apply protective coatings to three clarifiers under Services to Paint Final Tanks Contract 09-782-11. This is part of an<br />

equipment program to extend the useful service life of twelve clarifiers;<br />

• Continue to develop and maintain "green initiatives", including 3.25 acres of installed NPL, and invest in future rain<br />

gardens and safer pest control;<br />

• Continue to develop and implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) for wastewater treatment. The EMS<br />

provides a systematic way to review and improve operations for better organizational control and environmental<br />

performance;<br />

• Continue to optimize the use of the O'Hare CUP Reservoir. Since the reservoir went on-line in 1997, there have been thirty<br />

four Reservoir fill events for a total of over 3.197 billion gallons stored for later treatment.<br />

EGAN WRP<br />

• Continue to develop and implement an EMS for wastewater treatment. The EMS provides a systematic way to review and<br />

improve operations for better organizational control and environmental performance;<br />

• Continue to implement the National Biosolids Partnership’s (NBP) EMS for the biosolids program, to compliment and<br />

improve the District’s solids management program;<br />

• Rehabilitate the tertiary filter under Tertiary Filter Rehabilitation, New Pump VFDs and Other Plant Improvements<br />

Contract 04-824-2P to return the filter capacity to its original design condition and increase current capacity. Under the<br />

same contract, new boiler controls are expected to increase digester gas utilization thereby reducing usage of natural gas;<br />

• Replace motors for raw sewage pumps 1 to 6; and replace drives with energy efficient VFDs for raw sewage pumps 1, 2, 5<br />

and 6; under 4160 V Switchgear, Motor Control Centers, Raw Sewage Pumps, Motors and Drives Replacement Contract<br />

99-467-2E;<br />

• Recondition the Blower #1 motor. There are a total of four blowers at the Egan WRP of which three blower motors have<br />

been reconditioned. The reconditioning is necessary to improve performance, reliability, and to reduce electrical energy<br />

consumption;<br />

• Continue various plant improvements, including replacement of old, broken or malfunctioning windows with energy<br />

efficient thermal windows; and repairing and replacing portions of the original thirty-year old concrete roads;<br />

• Rehabilitate two clarifier drives. This is part of a program to rehabilitate a total of twelve clarifier drives. The drives have<br />

been in service for 33 years and require reconditioning;<br />

• Continue maintenance of the ten acres of NPL that was installed in 2007;<br />

• Continue to develop energy conservation and renewable energy initiatives. Replace old lighting fixtures with high<br />

efficiency induction lighting fixtures. Rehabilitate South Aeration tanks and replace diffuser plates under Aeration Tanks<br />

Rehabilitation and Diffuser Plates Replacement Contract 03-490-3P. Conduct an energy assessment and combined heat<br />

and power feasibility study through the University of Illinois Energy Resources Center, and develop a solar thermal<br />

project to pre-heat boiler make-up water.<br />

SUMMARY<br />

During the last several years, North Service Area Division staff has taken advantage of the available funding to replace or<br />

rehabilitate infrastructure. As a part of this continuing effort, work on a number of infrastructure items in older facilities<br />

requiring attention has been proposed for this year’s budget. Efforts to continue maintenance of facilities and equipment,<br />

combined with the Master Plans and support received from the Engineering Department, as well as energy conservation and<br />

“green initiatives”, prepare the Division to meet future needs in a reliable manner.<br />

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