PROFESSIONAL WASTE WATER OPERATIONS CREED


We, the members of the Professional Wastewater Operations Division, are dedicated to the task of conserving a healthy environment for terrestrial and aquatic life.

We, are obligated by duty, conscience and personal power to meet at a minimum permit limits as set forth by this state, province, or country.

We, as operations professionals, will fulfill our responsibility to protect the interest and investment in the facility by maintaining safe,attractive,economical, and efficient wastewater treatment facilities to the best of our ability.

We, will endeavor to increase our knowledge and skills in modern technology in the science of water pollution control to advance to the point of returning water back to its natural state upon which all forms of life depend.

Created 1986 By
Rayburn Casey Hall
Moccasin Bend Waste Water Treatment Plant
Chattanooga, TN.
KY-TN PWOD Representative
Adopted by the WEF 1992

Thursday, August 19, 2010

ODE TO WASTE WATER PLANT OPERATORS

BY RAYBURN CASEY HALL



Weather man predicting rain again

Boys we gotta do what we can

Gotta keep those manhole tops from blowing

Prevent those sewers from overflowing

If you lose a cup of sewage today

It’s the same as a million gallon a day.



Well boys here we go again

We gotta deal with this rain

Those big pumps are humming

The wet weather flow is coming

Gallons coming in by the millions

Boy what a way to make a living



Well the creek is out of its banks

And even without the thanks

Gotta keep the town from flooding

So those people can keep on flushing.

Close the Levee floodgates

Start the pumps before it’s too late



Hey those CSO are filling up fast

And look at that new weather forcast

We just got them cleaned and drained

Well there’s no need to complain

They’re calling for two more inches tonight

Are you sure those high level alarms are right



There goes another station down

The biggest pump station in town

Runs like a top during dry weather

But fails every time in wet weather

Let’s get those pumps a pumping

Before those manholes start to jumping



Hey those EQs are filling up fast

And look at that new weather forcast

Don’t like but another foot

Having those EQ basins full

You know the operator’s SOPs

Ramp those pumps to full speed



Start those clarifiers sucking

Stop those solids from puking.

Don’t let me hear you whine

Its our reputation on the line

Hold those solids in the plant

Don’t let me hear the word Can’t



You know the operator creed

And you know what we need

You know we’re the last defense

So don’t it make sense

Don’t be stingy with disinfection

We gotta stop those violations

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