Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater'

Thoughtful planning and operational excellence provide an award-winning combination in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.

Oct 16, 2019 | by Steve Frank |

Illinois National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Award Education/Training Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators (IAWPCO) Evoqua Water Technologies (part of Xylem) Screw Pumps Kusters Water, division of Kusters Zima Corp. Bar Screen Smith & Loveless, Inc. Grit Handling/Removal/Hauling Parkson Corporation Pentair - Fairbanks Nijhuis Pumps Toshiba International Corp. Density Meter Environmental Dynamics International Fine-Bubble Diffuser Turblex Blower TrojanUV UV Disinfection GE Digital SCADA Rockwell Automation Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Caterpillar Inc., Electric Power Division Engine-Generator REXA Sluice Gate YSI, a Xylem brand Meter Komline-Sanderson Gravity Filter

Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater' — Callahan checks the status of the TrojanUV4000Plus (TrojanUV) disinfection system.

Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater'

Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater' — Matt Mink checks biosolids consistency in the gravity belt filter press (Komline-Sanderson) at the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District Southeast plant site.

Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater' — Caitlin Raasch uses a solids meter (YSI, a Xylem brand) to measure mixed liquor suspended solids levels in an aeration basin.

Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater' — The team at the Bloomington-Normal Southeast Plant includes, from left, Tyler Graf, Randy Stein, Tom Anderson, Matt Mink, Caitlin Raasch and Jake Callahan. The plant is named for Callahan’s uncle.

Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater' — Caitlin Raasch monitors secondary treatment air flows by way of the plant SCADA (GE Digital).

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When the Bloomington-Normal Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant won a 2018 Plant of the Year award from the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators, team members were ecstatic. Randy Stein, executive director and sports fan, likened it to winning the “Stanley Cup of wastewater.” On its way to the award (in Group 1 for plants larger than 7.5 mgd), the plant racked up 12 consecutive Gold Peak Performance Awards from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District was formed in 1919 and serves Bloomington, Normal, and the Village of Downs and subdivision of Crestwicke in central

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