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Operation, Maintenance & Management Projects
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Milan Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Plants
A need to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs led the City of Milan, MI, to contract the operation
and maintenance of their water and wastewater systems to Wade Trim. Increased efficiency in labor and
chemical and power consumption, as well as implementation of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
to reduce equipment downtime and corrective repair expenses have generated significant savings since 2007.
An asset management program was implemented for their systems to better manage capital assets. We also
completed a water and sewer rate study to address the need to increase revenue and better manage the flow
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Village of Lawrence Public Works Department
For more than a decade, Wade Trim has managed the Public Works Department of the Village of Lawrence, MI,
including personnel and supplies. Responsibilities include operating and maintaining the Village’s wastewater
treatment facility, water wells, and collection and distribution systems. We also maintain streets (including
winter maintenance), storm drainage systems, parks, buildings, and all related equipment. We have provided
a full-time Village Manager since 2007 and a full-time Administrative Assistant since 2008.
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PAASWA Water Distribution System and Wastewater Treatment and Collection System
The Port Austin Area Sewer and Water Authority (PAASWA) serves approximately 700 metered accounts in the Village
of Port Austin and Port Austin Township, MI. Wade Trim operates and maintains the Authority’s water distribution
and wastewater treatment and collection facilities and provides financial management services. The Authority purchases
water from the Huron Regional Water Authority water treatment plant in Port Austin. The .225 MGD wastewater treatment
plant is a modified lagoon system with chemical feed and upflow clairifiers.
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Blair Township Water Treatment and Distribution
The Blair Township water system serves the community of Grawn and the residential and commercial area south of
Traverse City, MI. Since 2001, Wade Trim has been operating the water treatment and distribution system that includes
two Type I production wells, an iron removal plant, distribution mains and a 500,000-gallon elevated storage tank.
The Township plans to add another 500,000-gallon ground storage tank to provide redundant water storage and serve
growth south of the current service district.
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Village of Kingsley
Built in 2005, the Village of Kingsley’s wastewater treatment plant features
Aero-Mod® modification of the activated
sludge process. The wastewater is high in ammonia and low in BOD. The process sequences between aerobic and anoxic phases, which promotes complete
denitrification of the wastewater. Wade Trim has been the operator of the plant since it went on-stream, and
has achieved near-perfect compliance, even when winter wastewater temperatures fall below 50 degrees F.
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