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Introduction and Background
DEVELOPING AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED PUBLIC UTILITY PERFORMANCE
Andrew Kricun, P.E.
Deputy Executive Director
Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
1645 Ferry Avenue
Camden, NJ 08101
and
Tom Pedersen
Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.
One Cambridge Place
Cambridge, MA 02139
INTRODUCTION
Municipal utilities, like other business enterprises, are constantly looking for ways to better serve their customers, improve their efficiency, and maintain regulatory compliance. In this paper, we describe the business-focused environmental Management System (EMS) developed by the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA) and how this system is used to continually improve environmental performance.
BACKGROUND
The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA) treats on average 58 million gallons per day (mgd) of wastewater generated in Camden County, New Jersey. The 226 square mile county is comprised of 37 municipalities and has a population of about 500,000. CCMUA owns and operates two treatment plants: the Delaware No. 1 Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) and the Winslow WPCF. The Delaware No. 1 WPCF is New Jersey's second-largest wastewater treatment plant with a design capacity of 80 mgd, and a hydraulic capacity of 160 mgd. It treats sanitary sewage from Camden County and the city of Camden, as well as stormwater from Camden City. The plant incorporates primary and secondary treatment of wastewater prior to discharge to the Delaware River. Sludge thickening is accomplished using belt filter presses, which result in the generation of approximately 1,000 tone per week of sludge cake at 20 - 22% solids. Sludge is disposed of at incineration and composting facilities in Burlington and Gloucester Counties.
In 1999 the CCMUA decided to develop and implement an Environmental Management system for its Delaware No. 1 WPCF as part of an ongoing effort to optimize its water quality, odor control and cost control performance.
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