Subject: New Wastewater Projects
Here are some excerpts from the latest biweekly Updates of the U.S. Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People.
EPA Backs Sewer Plans for Sand Island WWTP
Mayor Mufi Hannemann said recently
that the city's "ambitious" sewer improvement plans received support from the
U.S. EPA in meetings
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Basehor Looks at Upgrade to Waste Plant
The Basehor City Council
will host a special meeting this month to discuss, and possibly take action on,
a contract with an engineering company the city is considering hiring to design
upgrades to the Basehor Wastewater Treatment Facility.
The City Council will consider hiring Professional Engineering Consultants, a firm with offices in Lawrence ..
Lawrence Planning New
$80 Million WWTP
Lawrence City commissioners are
scheduled to advance plans for a new wastewater treatment plant on the Wakarusa
River by issuing a request for proposals to engineering firms interested in
designing the facility.
The project is expected to be one of the larger projects in the city's history, with a price tag upward of $80 million
Nantucket Sewer Funding $35 Million Upgrade for Surfside WWTP
Sponsors of a funding proposal for changes to the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Plant have offered a cost breakdown for the project. The $35.5 million upgrade, actually priced at $43.7 million including the debt service, would be split between the cost of the upgrade and the expansion cost, according to the plan offered by Selectman Finn Murphy and former selectman Matt Fee.
The $18.6 million upgrade from primary to
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Grand
Traverse County Building States First Septage Treatment Facility with Membrane
and Biofilter
Grand Traverse County is
taking the next step in environmental protection and funding a new stand-alone
septage treatment facility. The facility is the first of its kind in the state
of Michigan, and will provide a means of treating waste pumped from septic
tanks, holding tanks, and grease traps. In early summer 2005
the
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A design/build project by Gourdie-Fraser Christman, the technology inside the plant will consist of a membrane bioreactor, followed by ..
.biofilter from Ambio Biofiltration, a Canadian company specializing in odor control. The filter uses a specially prepared coarse .
Phase three has begun on Otsegos East Side Wastewater Treatment Facility. When it is completed one year from now, it will increase the capacity to one mgd. The plant is currently at 400,000-gallons-a-day capacity.
Seacoast Communities
Considering Plant Upgrade
How will Seacoast communities address
their growing sewage needs in an environmentally sound and cost efficient
manner? Proposals now being evaluated suggest upgrading existing treatment
plants, building a new regional wastewater treatment facility or going with the
alternative of a regional sewage outfall pipe.
These are just excerpts from one biweekly update report. The whole service includes details on each of the 4,000 plants larger than 1 mgd plus contacts at each plant. Regular telephone calls are being made to assure contact information is current.
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Bob McIlvaine
847-784-0012