Wodrich, Jim

Jim Wodrich is a senior project manager with HDR located in Bend, Oregon. Jim's work focuses on program and project management of wastewater treatment facilities including the planning, design, and construction phases working with clients in Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Prior to joining HDR, he was a principal engineer and capital projects manager at the City of Bend, Oregon He was a Water Supply Engineer in the United States Peace Corps and enjoys working around the world on water supply projects with Engineers Without Borders. Jim earned a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering degree from Montana State University and a Masters of Science in Civil Engineering degree from the University of Washington.

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Description: The City of Boise's Digestion and Dewatering Project: Making the Most Out of Your...

The City of Boise's Digestion and Dewatering Project: Making the Most Out of Your Existing Assets, How to Maximize Your Existing Digestion, and Dewatering Facilities and Eliminate the Need to Build New Infrastructure

Abstract

Many utilities today are faced with the responsibility of operating and maintaining facilities while deciding where to best apply limited capital resources to aging facilities. The question of 'Do we build a new facility that we will own and operate for the next 20 to 50 years or do we consider upgrading the existing infrastructure/technologies?' is one we all grapple with as limited funds are allocated to capital projects. The effective utility management strategies used here will be of use to other municipalities and utilities considering major capital improvement projects while making the most out of their existing assets. With an initiative to make well informed financial decisions, what started out as a project to construct a new digester changed into an effort to analyze the root process problems and identify several alternative approaches to upgrade the existing digestion and dewatering process, thus postponing the need for a fourth digester for the foreseeable future. However, constructing a new, green field digester and making the connections to the existing digestion system at the end of the project may cause much fewer disruptions to the operations of the facilities compared to a surgical approach of retrofitting and improving the existing system. Under these conditions, it was paramount to develop a team approach that identify early any impacts to operations due to the systems component's removal from service, and the need to maintain operations and permit requirements while making significant modifications to the existing digestion system.

SpeakerWodrich, Jim

Presentation time

14:10:00

14:30:00

Session time

13:30:00

15:10:00

SessionVertical Asset Management: Big to Small

Session number411

TopicAsset Management, Facility Operations and Maintenance, Municipal Wastewater Treatment Design, Utility Management and Leadership

Author(s)

J. WodrichA. PerreiraT. HarmonS. Thompson