FINAL REPORT - Grand River Conservation Authority

Grand River Watershed-Wide Wastewater Optimization Pilot Project
Workshop participants were assigned a member from the Facilitation Support
Team to assist with the workshop assignment and gain experience in the
facilitation role. The scheduling and approach for completion of the assignments
by WWTP staff and facilitation support staff were reviewed and discussed in the
workshop. Blank binders with labeled sections were handed out to organize
plant-specific data and information for the pilot. Members of the Facilitation
Support Team were provided with an Excel spreadsheet template for collating
and summarizing WWTP data. They were requested to meet on-site with WWTP
staff to:
Conduct a brief WWTP walkthrough to gain an understanding of plant layout;
Review the status of data collection for performance and loading and the
status of performance against C of A requirements;
Jointly calculate performance checks in Table 5 and discuss significance of
findings
Table 5: Performance & Loading Checks
Per Capita Per capita annual average flow rate i.e. 350
L/person•d
Per capita BOD 5 loading i.e. 80 g/person•d
Per capita TSS loading i.e. 90 g/person•d
Ratios Peak day flow/annual average flow
Ratios: TSS/BOD 5 & TKN/BOD 5
Sludge accountability Projected sludge produced for 12-month period;
Reported sludge produced for 12-month period;
Sludge accountability as %
The Optimization Steward provided the Facilitation Support Team with advice via
e-mail and telephone consultation.
At the conclusion of the workshop, a course evaluation form was distributed to
workshop participants and members of the Steering Committee. Appendix A
contains a summary of the participant feedback provided on the evaluation
forms. The Facilitation Team met to debrief the workshop. The debriefing notes
are contained in Appendix B. An application was prepared and submitted to
obtain Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for those participating in the workshop
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