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Back-up power established
for Electronic Barrier!!
Metropolitan Sanitary
District comes thru with loaner generator
We finally
have back-up power for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal electronic fish
barrier.
The
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on December 4th
donated a generator for temporary use at the barrier site until the
permanent generator arrives from the supplier. Donation of the equipment by
MWRD avoids a waiting period that could have extended several weeks for the
permanent generator set to arrive.
The
installation of the generator went quite smoothly and was a coordinated
effort with MWRD, the Corp of Engineers and Smith-Root staff � the
contractors. Though initial estimates of down time for installation were a
few hours, the actual down time was a few seconds.
"The downtime if you can call it that lasted no
longer than the |
pull of two
switches estimated at less than 5 seconds. The efforts of the MWRD is much
appreciated," said Beldon R. McPheron, Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Chicago District.
In tests of
the generator, the unit started up and switched over in 2 to 7 seconds. Good
news indeed!
Suzanne Malec, Deputy Commissioner, for the City of Chicago Dept of
Environment said: "What a great collaborative effort. Congratulations to
all."
A big
THANK YOU to Irwin Poll and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for
donating this equipment, and for facilitating its rapid installation. MWRD
has been a strong supporter of the project and came through at this critical
juncture.
"As a result of this cooperative effort we can
all breathe a bit easier and have a happy holiday season," said Phil Moy,
Barrier Advisory Panel Co-Chair. |
