INTEGRATION OF COMPUTERIZED OM MANUALSAND COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSTO IMPROVE PERFORMANCEAT SEVEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTSIN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK

摘要

Westchester County has completed a project that improves the efficiency of the operations andrnmaintenance of their wastewater collection and treatment facilities through the implementationrnof information technology. The purpose of this program was to improve the informationrnavailable to the staff responsible for the operations and maintenance of the wastewater facilities,rnprovide a system to better track maintenance information for the County’s equipment, and tornstandardize data recording and reporting procedures for all of the plants.rnOperation and maintenance information available at the wastewater treatment plants needed to bernorganized. The County wanted to organize resources to help train new plant operators andrnmaintenance workers. Reference information was difficult or impossible to find, and there werernno consistent methods to track and store maintenance records for equipment. Maintenancernhistory information needed organization, and there was no system in place to track inventory.rnThe County’s goal was to develop a program to track maintenance information with a systematicrntechnique for prioritizing maintenance tasks and scheduling maintenance staff.rnThe objectives of the program were to enhance the efficiency and improve the operations andrnmaintenance of the wastewater treatment plants with information technology tools. The scopernincorporated three separate implementation projects: development and implementation ofrncomputerized operations and maintenance manuals, implementation of a computerizedrnmaintenance management system, and implementation of an operations database.