ABOUT THE WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL CENTER
CITY OF TIFFIN COLLECTION SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE
The City of Tiffin’s sewer maintenance crew is a
division of the Department of Public Works, located at 601 Miami Street, Tiffin.
Superintendent Susan Kuhn and Assistant Superintendent Michael Hoffman handle
both the street maintenance and sewer maintenance.
Kuhn is a long-time employee of the
Department Works, while Hoffman transferred from his position of Assistant
Superintendent at the Water
Pollution Control
Center to Public
Works. He holds Class I wastewater collections and operator licenses
from the Ohio EPA.
Other employees in sewer
maintenance include:
Charles Borer Mechanic
Terry
Shuff
Motor
Equipment Operator
III
Matt Rumschlag
Motor Equipment Operator II
Paul
Klopp
Motor Equipment Operator II
Larry Elchert
Motor
Equipment Operator I
Eric
Heck
Motor
Equipment Operator I
Steve
Smith
Laborer.
Robert Clouse Laborer.
Lift stations which pump sewage
from lower lying areas to higher areas and on to the treatment plant, along
with combined sewer overflows, are inspected three times per week to ensure
they are operating as designed. Maintenance issues are relayed to the
WPCC electrician and mechanic for action.
Should you have problems with your
sewer, basement flooding, street flooding, or potholes for that matter you
may contact them at (419) 448-5430.
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
CENTER STAFF
The
staff of the WPCC has a variety of talents and educational backgrounds which
provide for a well-operated and maintained facility. The following
personnel are on staff as of December 20, 2007:
Dan McElhatten, WPCC
Superintendent.
Graduate of Galion High School and attended Ohio State
University. Navy
veteran of 8+ years. Holds a Class III Ohio EPA Wastewater Works
license and Class IV OWEA laboratory certification, earning a Class II
collection systems license in 1996 and holds a Class A water treatment
license.
Kevin Hughes, Assistant Superintendent. Graduate of Mohawk High
School, Sycamore, Ohio and has an associate’s
degree in environmental management from Owens Community College.
Holds a Class III Ohio EPA Wastewater Works license and Class I OWEA
laboratory certification
Butler Stephens Jr., Pretreatment Technician/Laboratory
Technician.
Graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School and Marine Corps veteran.
Holds a Class I Ohio EPA Wastewater Works license.
Gary Gaietto, Plant
Operator/Mechanic.
Graduate of Tiffin
Columbian High School. Holds a Class I Ohio EPA Wastewater Works
license.
Richard Parman, Plant Electrician. Graduate of Oak Harbor
High School in Oak Harbor, Ohio
and retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant. Holds a Class I Ohio EPA
Wastewater Works license and has an associates degree in electrical power
systems.
Mark Keller, Laboratory Technician. Graduate of Columbian High School, attended Tiffin
University. Former employee of
American Standard where he spent time in the laboratory.
Christopher Borer, Plant Operator. Graduate of Calvert High School
and Sentinel Vocational
School, Tiffin.
Holds a Class I Ohio EPA Wastewater Works license.
Dan Kuhn, Plant Operator. Graduate of New Riegel High School,
New Riegel, Ohio.
Experienced in the construction and electrical trades, Dan holds a Class II
Ohio EPA Collection Works license.
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