...Colorado-based OMI, the company hired a year ago to manage Augusta's wastewater program. Paul Tickerhoof, OMI's Augusta project manager, said his company has operated the plant for a year at a savings of $703,000 compared to what Augusta spent...

...Butler Creek and the Savannah River. The upsets occurred Jan. 27, 30, 31 and Feb. 2, said Paul Tickerhoof, Augusta project manager for OMI, a private company that took over the city's wastewater treatment program in August. The plant discharges...

...could not: meet environmental standards. "We're in an overview process right now," said Paul Tickerhoof, Augusta project manager for OMI, which operates more than 100 wastewater systems worldwide. "We have to know where we are to know where...

...further investigation. The special grand jury began its investigation in January. Paul Tickerhoof, OMI's Augusta project manager, said the grand jury's positive review of his company's operations in Augusta is both welcome and reassuring...

...remove any lingering doubt that turning the plant's care over to a private contractor was the right thing to do. Augusta project manager Paul Tickerhoof says OMI ran the plant for $703,000 less than the previous year. Savings include $368,000...

...by $400,000 and there would be no need for a $3.3 million dewatering site. However, Paul Tickerhoof, Augusta project manager for OMI, said the contract's performance goal has a target of 3.5 percent solids in sludge, which OMI surpassed...