Waste Water Treatment
Ensuring a Steady Stream of Reliability
Ensuring Continuous Flow
How Proactive Maintenance and Strategic Scheduling Drove 97% Availability Amid Growing Demand
- Increased line availability to 97% using RCM and a risk and criticality analysis.
- Addressed rapid population growth by optimizing maintenance programs with FMEA, PMO, operator asset care, and synchronized outage schedules.
As communities grow, the demands on wastewater treatment plants intensify. One facility faced the dual challenge of increasing its processing capacity while minimizing operational downtime. To achieve this, the team embraced Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and conducted a thorough risk and criticality analysis. By pinpointing and addressing the most vulnerable aspects of their systems, they boosted line availability to an impressive 97%. Such high reliability not only supported greater throughput but also ensured that essential infrastructure met the community’s evolving needs.
We hit 97% availability by syncing maintenance to the plant’s operational rhythm, keeping pace with a growing community’s needs.
To truly thrive under rising population pressures, the plant needed more than just robust equipment—it required a flexible, proactive maintenance strategy. Through Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and PMO initiatives, they reengineered maintenance programs with the operators’ insights at the forefront. Introducing operator asset care empowered the frontline workforce to catch issues early and keep systems running smoothly.
These improvements also extended to how the plant handled shutdowns and outages. By aligning outage activities and frequencies with the production schedule, the team synchronized maintenance windows with the “heartbeat” of the plant’s operations. The result was a seamless interplay between maintenance and production, ensuring that downtime was minimized and throughput was maximized, even as the surrounding community’s needs continued to grow.
