Budget Message / Highlights - Metropolitan Water Reclamation ...

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
2009 BUDGET
Budget Message / Highlights
Sewage Collection and Treatment
In 2009, the District expects to collect and treat approximately 519 billion gallons of wastewater at our seven water reclamation
plants. These services will be performed in compliance with discharge permits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency,
which regulates the quality of our effluent as it leaves our treatment plants. Our high level of compliance emphasizes our
excellent performance. This is reflected in 99.9 percent overall compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) requirements in 2007. Operating performance in 2008 is expected to achieve similar performance levels.
Renewal of NPDES permits for Lemont, Calumet, Stickney, North Side, and the John Egan WRP’s were prepared and
submitted in 2007. The Lemont permit became effective in March 2008 as did the Lockport Powerhouse. Negotiations of the
permit language for the North Side, Stickney, and Calumet WRP’s is ongoing. Renewal of these permits may present some
challenges to the District if more stringent limits for certain pollutants are included in the new permit. The results of the User
Attainability Analysis being conducted by the IEPA could have a major impact on the plant effluent requirements under these
new permits in future years. We have anticipated the financial resources needed to meet the modifications in the Budget.
Service Efforts and Accomplishments
The Annual Budget of the District has historically included performance measures throughout the document, particularly in
each Departmental Budget. The service efforts and accomplishments (SEA) reported in this section are confined to wastewater
treatment and utilization of biosolids, which represent our primary mission. Reporting is based on the model recommended for
wastewater treatment agencies developed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
Collection, Treatment, and Solids Utilization
Inputs:
Budgeted
2009
Budgeted
2008
Actual
2007
% Change
2008-2009
Total cost of collection (millions) $58.6 $55.0 $50.3 6.5%
Total cost of treatment (millions)
Total cost of solids utilization (millions)
$81.8
$30.7
$75.6
$31.3
$65.5
$16.9
8.2%
1.9%
Number of full time equivalent employees:
Collection
Treatment
Solids Utilization
279
418
51
277
416
53
287
410
63
.7%
.5%
3.8%
Design average flow/design maximum flow million
gallons per day (MGD) level of treatment by plant:
Stickney – Secondary
Calumet – Secondary
North Side – Secondary
Kirie– Secondary
Egan – Tertiary
Hanover Park – Tertiary
Lemont – Secondary
1,200/1,400
354/430
333/450
52/110
30/50
12/22
2.3/4
1,200/1,400
354/430
333/450
52/110
30/50
12/22
2.3/4
1,200/1,400
354/430
333/450
52/110
30/50
12/22
2.3/4
Outputs:
Amount of wastewater collected and treated by plant:
Stickney WRP (millions gallons)
Calumet WRP (millions gallons)
North Side WRP (millions gallons)
Kirie WRP (millions gallons)
Egan WRP (millions gallons)
Hanover Park WRP (millions gallons)
Fox River WRP (contract agreement)
Lemont WRP (millions gallons)
Budgeted
2009
300,000
100,000
89,000
13,000
10,200
3,600
2,100
850
Budgeted
2008
300,000
97,000
89,000
13,000
10,200
3,500
2,000
800
Actual
2007
267,549
99,528
88,122
13,278
9,537
3,300
2,082
883
% Change
2008-2009
--
3.1%
--
--
--
2.9%
5.0%
6.3%
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