The principal service provided by the Operations Division is the contract operation and management of industrial wastewater treatment plants of domestic industrial clients.
The division was formed in response to clients’ requests for such services upon the clients’ realization that what makes a good industrial Carafe of clean and dirty waterproduct manufacturer does not make a good wastewater treatment plant manager. Increasingly industrial clients are recognizing that the skill, expertise and experience necessary for proper management and operation of wastewater treatment facilities can only, in most cases, be cost effectively obtained through contract operations by a qualified expert.
Additionally, the Operations Division, either in support of the Engineering Division or in support of the client directly, provides a broad range of plant operations-related services, such as client operator training, plant start-up assistance, process-related systems development, and troubleshooting.
The principal service provided by the Operations Division is the contract operation and management of industrial wastewater treatment plants of domestic industrial clients.
The division was formed in response to clients’ requests for such services upon the clients’ realization that what makes a good industrial Carafe of clean and dirty waterproduct manufacturer does not make a good wastewater treatment plant manager. Increasingly industrial clients are recognizing that the skill, expertise and experience necessary for proper management and operation of wastewater treatment facilities can only, in most cases, be cost effectively obtained through contract operations by a qualified expert.
Additionally, the Operations Division, either in support of the Engineering Division or in support of the client directly, provides a broad range of plant operations-related services, such as client operator training, plant start-up assistance, process-related systems development, and troubleshooting.
Facilities & Personnel
The Operations Division currently occupies 1100 square feet of management, office, and library space, as well as a filamentous bacteria identification laboratory, which is shared with the Engineering Division. Aside from administrative and management office space shared with the Engineering Division, all facilities occupied by division personnel are client-owned and typically are situated within or adjacent to the client’s production facility. The Operations Division is staffed by highly qualified and certified operations engineers and treatment plant managers and operators, all under the direction of Dr. Stover. The staff of the Operation Division is supported by a full complement of engineers, scientists, technicians and computer programmers.
Resources & Equipment
Operations personnel are equipped with required safety equipment, operator uniforms, and all equipment required for specialized testing or studies, and related services. Other normal items and equipment associated with plant operations are generally client-owned and provided.
The Operations Division, with its highly qualified and experienced staff of wastewater treatment plant managers and operators, in conjunction with the full support of the technical process and engineering support of the Engineering Division, is one of the premier providers of wastewater treatment plant operations services.
In addition to the orderly, efficient and skilled management and operation of their wastewater treatment facility, the client receives the full technical and scientific support of the entire organization for troubleshooting, process evaluation and control solutions.
The Operations Division, with its highly qualified and experienced staff of wastewater treatment plant managers and operators, in conjunction with the full support of the technical process and engineering support of the Engineering Division, is one of the premier providers of wastewater treatment plant operations services.
In addition to the orderly, efficient and skilled management and operation of their wastewater treatment facility, the client receives the full technical and scientific support of the entire organization for troubleshooting, process evaluation and control solutions.
Contract Operations & Management Services
The Stover Group’s founding emphasis on water and wastewater has provided a solid basis for direct management and operation of treatment facilities for industrial and municipal clients.
For both industry and municipalities, in-house personnel with an understanding of everyday operations, specialized technology, state and federal regulations, and sound management practices are all too often not available due to financial constraints.
The Stover Group’s Operations Division, as a contract treatment plant operator and manager, offers the advantage of being able to supply professional expertise in lieu of the client hiring full-time specialized personnel for treatment plant administration, operations process control, maintenance, engineering and a host of other ancillary functions. Rather, appropriate specialists or auxiliary support personnel are brought in as needed. This offers clients access to a wide range of personnel with a depth of experience impossible to afford with in-house personnel resources. Instead, the expense of these highly skilled professionals is spread over a number of clients.
Less obvious but equally as costly to the industry or municipality are the costs associated with sustaining quality operation of water and wastewater facilities. These include:
Operator training
Supplemental operators due to special circumstances such as illness and vacations
Laboratory training
Filamentous bacteria typing for plant troubleshooting
In short, the client, by utilizing The Stover Group as the contract operator and manager of their treatment plant, obtains the orderly, skilled management, and operation of their treatment plant and the full support of the entire organization for troubleshooting, process evaluation and control solutions, at an affordable and cost-effective rate.
Plant Startup & Upgrade Support
The Operations Division draws upon its vast operational experience to provide a host of support services to clients choosing to maintain in-house plant operations personnel.
These services cover most, if not all, aspects of plant operations, and include:
Operator training and qualification
Laboratory training and qualification
Construction assistance
Plant startup assistance
Operations and maintenance manuals preparation
Development of treatment process control programs
Process design evaluations and optimization studies
Overall plant troubleshooting, advice and assistance
Filamentous bacteria identification services