Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
How Do You Benefit?
Environmental Compliance: The federal government has implemented tighter regulations on the quality of drinking water and wastewater treatment plants. We can draw on our experience operating other facilities to recommend improvements or operating changes to stay in compliance.
Efficiency: The experience of operating other plants can help us reduce costs through bulk purchasing, more efficient plant operations, and the use of a computerized maintenance program.Planning: Evaluate your current infrastructure and facilities and establish a capital assessment plan that will help prepare you for the future.
Staffing: We first look at the current staff since they have the knowledge of the facilities and provide them with educational and safety training opportunities along with the ability for advancement within the company. Plus, PeopleService is employee-owned so they become and are the backbone of the company and the reason for our success.
With PeopleService operating your facilities, not only do we help take the headaches away of managing them, it allows you to focus on other business, "your community."
Reasons why partnerships are in place:
- Is your facilities running at maximum efficiency?
- No one in place to keep up with regulations?
- Costs are unpredictable?
- How much is being spent on water and wastewater?
Advantages of Partnering with PeopleService
- Use of Region Manager who is himself a licensed, experienced operator to provide direction, oversight, training and mentoring of all employees at the facilities which gives relief to the City staff and City Council/Commission
- Cross-train other PeopleService operators on the operation of the facilities
- Operator on call 24/7, 365 days/year
- Focus on preventative maintenance with the use of a computerized maintenance program on all equipment at the facilities to protect your investment
- Long term painting program to help reduce or eliminate corrosion
- Implement a safety program designed to comply with OSHA standards
- PeopleService assumes the risk of any fines or violations due to the negligence of our employees
- Sound effective environmental compliance plan
- Relieved of the burden of finding qualified staff
- Process control testing for optimization of the facility
- Provide training, CEU’s, workman’s comp, and safety awareness for operators
- Provide the staffing necessary to operate, maintain, and manage the City’s water and wastewater facilities
- Perform all required regulatory and process control testing
- Act as a liaison for the City with the Regulatory Agency, Engineer, EPA and industrial contributors relating to water and wastewater compliance issues
- Maintain cleanliness of the equipment and facilities Provide a monthly written report summarizing plant performance and projects completed
- Work with your Engineer and contractors on projects at the facilities Experience working with system modification and upgrades
- Ability to deal with new regulations
- Technical knowledge and experience in process control
- Applied research to enhance plant performance
- Cost savings through more efficient operations

