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American Water Enterprises
3100 South Lewis Blvd, RR6
Sioux City, IA 51106
Phone - 712-279-6916
Fax - 712-279-6191
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Operations Department
The operations staff consists of six Operator II positions, two Operator
I positions, two Shift Supervisors, and an Operations Manager. The plant is
staffed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Total man hours of (8064) in 2006 were needed to operate and conduct process
control at the facility. There were many projects accomplished in the Operations
Department in the 2006 year; examples are as follows.
Maintenance cleaning of all the buildings at the plant is a large part of the
duties on the Operations Staff. There are a total of eighteen buildings at the
wastewater treatment plant that are continuously cleaned and maintained. In the
year 2006, this work accounted for greater than 2000 hours.
One of the largest tasks at the facility is grounds maintenance. This location
has a large expanse of territory to mow and maintain aesthetically. Operations
personnel is responsible for duties maintaining plant grounds, including all
mowing and trimming. This task is primarily accomplished during the first and
second shifts. During the 2006 season there were more than 2500 hours devoted to
grounds keeping.
There are eleven large in-ground process basins that are each emptied and
cleaned of sediment and debris during the summer months. At this time all
equipment is inspected, adjusted and repaired if needed. During the 2006 season
there were 650 hours used doing this maintenance procedure.
Maintenance Department
The maintenance crew consists of a Maintenance Manager, four Maintenance
Mechanics, an Electrician, and an Instrumentation Tech. A large part of the
daily maintenance is inspection, operation and repair at the thirteen lift
(pump) stations that are located throughout the City. Each week one mechanic is
assigned to perform routine maintenance at each of these locations. That
individual is also on-call 24 hours/day for any emergencies, either at the lift
stations, or at the main plant.
A few major projects completed by the in-house maintenance staff over the past
few months at the Treatment Plant included the installation of a new polymer
make-down system with associated piping and controls, the removal of abandoned
equipment from the Gravity Belt Thickener (GBT) building, demolition of
laboratory cabinets, countertops, and analysis hoods, replacement of all
electrical and plumbing in the lab and the installation of a new Positive
Displacement pump for sludge pumping in the Digester Complex.
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