Utilities Operations Division

Marion County Utilities operates 11 Wastewater Treatment Plants and 34 Water Treatment Plants. As developers continue to build new subdivisions, they either build additional plants, which are turned over to Marion County Utilities for operation, or they extend the water and sewer service lines to their new development. With this many plants, we must have nearly 54,000 hours of licensed operator time each year to meet our regulatory requirements. To meet this requirement, we employ 26 water and wastewater plant operators. We also have a number of programs that fall under the Operations Division. Among the programs is the Plant Maintenance Program which employs 5 plant technicians who perform maintenance and repair of our plant facilities. Our pretreatment program is design to prevent hazardous contamination of the wastewater treatment plants. Under pretreatment, we primarily monitor the chemical discharge levels from our industrial users and grease content from food service customers. We are also beginning a new venture to distribute reclaimed water to various high use irrigation systems, such as golf courses.